Zurich Insurance v. Diversified Risk Management

The issue in this case is whether the Court of Appeals lacks jurisdiction to hear a workers’ compensation appeal if the petitioner fails to give notice to all parties who appeared in the proceedings below. The Court of Appeals dismissed claimant’s Petition for Judicial Review (notice of appeal) for lack of jurisdiction after claimant did not serve a copy on a party to the proceeding before the Workers’ Compensation Board. We affirm.

Claimant suffered a compensable back injury in 1980. In 1982 his back condition worsened. When filing for compensation he asserted that either he had sustained a…