Schmidt v. ALFALFA

The plaintiff, Melvin Schmidt, has appealed from the order of the Workers’ Compensation Court dismissing his application for rehearing.

The record shows that following a hearing before a single judge of the Workers’ Compensation Court, the plaintiff’s petition for compensation was dismissed on June 18, 1990. On July 3, 1990, the plaintiff filed an application for rehearing in the compensation court.

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-179 (Reissue 1988) requires that applications for rehearing must be filed within 14 days after the date of the order of the single judge of the compensation court. In this case…