CMR Construction of Texas v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Begly)

OPINION BY

JUDGE McCULLOUGH

CMR Construction of Texas (Employer) petitions for review of the March 31, 2016 order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board), which affirmed the order of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) granting a petition for penalties filed by Keith Begly (Claimant). This case presents an issue of first impression regarding an employer’s purported financial inability to pay a WCJ’s award intertwined with payment of such award by the Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund (the Fund).

Facts and Procedural History

The underlying facts of this case are not in dispute. Claimant…