Jones v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office

Opinion by

Judge RUSSEL.

Elizabeth Jones filed a petition to reopen her workers’ compensation claim. An administrative law judge (ALJ) denied her petition as untimely, and a panel of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office affirmed the ALJ’s order. We now affirm the panel’s decision.

I.Background

In 1998, Jones sustained a compensa-ble injury while working for Circle Two Ranch. She and her employer spent several years determining her workers’ compensation benefits. Although the litigation involved many events, only three are important for our purposes:

1. Jones stipulated that her employer paid her…