Betts v. M. I. L. Realty Corp.

Relators, M.I.L. Corporation and its compensation insurer, Hartford Insurance Group, obtained certiorari to review an order of the Worker’s Compensation Court of Appeals denying their petition to vacate a default award of retraining compensation and a further order denying their petition for rehearing. We agree with their contention that the compensation court abused its discretion in refusing to vacate the default award.

Employee, a real estate salesman for M.I.L., was injured in the course of his employment on July 1,1974. Hartford paid him compensation for temporary total disability until…