Saif Corp. v. Avery

Employer and its insurer, SAIF, petition for judicial review from the Workers’ Compensation Board’s (Board) order and order denying reconsideration affirming the holding (1) that claimant established good cause for his late request for hearing; (2) that claimant’s mental condition of dementia was compensable; and (3) that employer did not establish a compelling reason for remanding this case to the administrative law judge (ALJ) for taking into evidence post-hearing medical reports. We affirm.

We take the facts, which are largely undisputed, from the Board’s orders. Claimant, a long-time…