State ex rel. Unger v. Industrial Commission

There are three components to claimant’s challenge, involving both the order itself and the circumstances surrounding its issuance. Claimant poses two challenges to the circumstances preceding the commission’s final order. Claimant initially asserts a due process violation based on allegedly ex parte communications between CSOE and the commission. Claimant’s argument fails for two reasons.

First, the record does not identify the extent, if any, to which ex parte communications actually took place. Because the claimant was already on notice as to the disposition of his application after the…