Manchester Board & Paper Co. v. Parker

This is an appeal from the Industrial Commission of Virginia wherein the employer and the insurance carrier, appellants here, challenge the Commission’s refusal to consider their application in which they sought to terminate employee Parker’s compensation benefits. The decision was based upon the ground that appellants had failed to comply with Rule 13 promulgated by the Commission. The validity of the rule is also challenged.

The record, composed of documentary evidence, is not in dispute. Parker was injured in an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment on September 14,…