Holt v. Employers Reinsurance Corporation

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment rendered in a workman’s compensation case. The question to be determined is whether an appeal to the courts can be taken from an order of the Industrial Accident Board refusing to set a hearing because more than 401 weeks elapsed between the date of injury and the date on which the request for a hearing was received.

In Hart v. Texas Employers Insurance Association, Amarillo Civ.App., 387 S.W.2d 706, ref., n. r. e., this question was considered and it was held that no appeal could be taken. That court held:

“When the Board herein…