| Mass. App. Ct. | May 6, 1980
The employee filed a claim for workmen’s compensation with the Industrial Accident Board because of injuries alleged to have arisen out of and in the course of her employment. A conference was held before a single member of the board, pursuant to the provisions of G. L. c. 152, § 7, as appearing in St. 1972, c. 742, § 1. A denial of payment order was filed by the single member on January 13, 1977. The employee did not request a hearing within the time limited by § 7. On July 21, 1978, the employee filed a petition for leave to file a claim late in the Superior Court pursuant to G. L. c. 152, § 8A, as amended by St. 1976, c. 392. After a hearing the judge entered an order allowing the petition. The employer and the insurer have appealed. The effect of that order was to remove a procedural barrier to the employee’s continued litigation of her claim. It was thus interlocutory in
Appeal dismissed.