Little v. Knowlton Machine Co.

[¶ 1] The employer, Knowlton Machine Company, appeals from a decision of a hearing officer of the Workers’ Compensation Board (McCurry, HO), granting the employee’s petition for award and ordering the employer to pay continuing total incapacity benefits pursuant to a Board rule, for the employer’s failure to file a notice of controversy within fourteen days of receiving notice of the claim. Knowlton contends that the hearing officer lacked authority to decide the case because his term expired prior to the date of hearing. We agree that Hearing Officer McCurry lacked both de jure and de facto…