Anodizing, Inc. v. Heath

Employer petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that awarded claimant temporary disability benefits. Claimant cross-petitions the determination that his claim was properly closed. We affirm the cross-petition without discussion and write only to address the petition.

Claimant’s claim for lumbar strain was closed by determination order on January 3,1991. Claimant requested reconsideration of the determination order, arguing that the claim was prematurely closed. The Department of Insurance and Finance (DIF) 1 issued its order on reconsideration on May 17,1991, in…