SAIF Corp. v. Dubose

In this workers’ compensation case, SAIF Corporation (SAIF), the insurer, denied a claim for benefits because claimant had failed to cooperate with SAIF’s investigation. Claimant requested a hearing, using the standardized form that the Workers’ Compensation Board (board) provides for such requests, but she did not check a box on the hearing request form to indicate that SAIF had denied her claim for “worker noncooperation.” Instead, claimant checked the box to indicate that SAIF had denied her claim on “compensability complete claim denial” grounds. At the hearing, SAIF argued that claimant…