SAIF Corp. v. Terrien

SAIF seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (board) that awarded attorney fees to claimant after claimant prevailed on SAIF’s challenge to an order of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, Appellate Review Unit (ARU), that rescinded SAIF’s notice of closure as premature. We reverse the award.

Claimant was compensably injured in December 2004. SAIF accepted a claim for disabling cervical, thoracolumbar, and left shoulder strains. SAIF closed the claim in August 2005. The notice of closure showed that claimant had become medically stationary on April 27, 2005,…