READY MIX USA, INC. v. Ross

Miller, Judge.

Terrell B. Ross injured his back during the course of his employment with Ready Mix USA, Inc. a/k/a Aggregates USA (“Ready Mix”) and filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. Following a hearing at which Ready Mix and its insurer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (“Liberty Mutual”), failed to appear, an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation (the “Board”) awarded Ross temporary total disability (“TTD”) benefits, authorized certain medical procedures, and ordered the assessment of attorney fees and litigation expenses in favor of…