Allison v. W.L. Gore & Associates

This is a direct appeal in a workers’ compensation case from a master’s order reversing the Full Commission and finding respondent’s decedent 1 is totally disabled as the result of an occupational disease. On appeal, appellant (Employer) contends this matter should have been dismissed because respondent’s admittedly untimely appeal to the Commission deprived the Commission of jurisdiction. We agree that the untimely appeal to the Commission requires that we vacate both the master’s order and the decision of the Full Commission.

ISSUE

Did respondent’s failure to file a Form 30 with the…