Merchants Oil, Inc. v. Anderson

Opinion by

Judge NEY.

Merchants Oil (employer) petitions for review of a final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Panel increasing the permanent partial disability benefits awarded to Barbara S. Anderson (claimant) because of employer’s failure to procure workers’ compensation insurance. We affirm.

The operative facts are undisputed. At the time of claimant’s admitted industrial injury, employer carried no workers’ compensation insurance. The parties stipulated *896to a 21% disability rating, which qualified claimant for the maximum award for permanent partial disability under the statute then in…