Hubbert v. Abco Construction

NIMMONS, Judge.

This appeal arises from a determination by the Deputy Commissioner that the employer/carrier did not act in bad faith in failing to process appellant’s wage loss claim. We reverse.

Appellant was injured in a compensable accident April 22,1981, and received temporary total disability and other appropriate benefits until he reached maximum medical improvement on November 2, 1988. He filed requests for wage loss benefits on May 31, 1984 for the months of November and December, 1983 and January through March of 1984. These requests were untimely since they were not filed within 30…