Peabody v. Home Insurance

This is a workers’ compensation case in which claimant appeals from a decision of the Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry denying her vocational rehabilitation services, specifically reimbursement for the cost of obtaining her master’s degree. We address three issues: (1) whether this Court has jurisdiction to determine if the notice of appeal was timely where the Commissioner refused to certify this issue for appeal, (2) whether the thirty-day period for filing a notice of appeal ran from the date the Commissioner signed the decision or the date the decision was mailed to…