- A. In the event of the failure of any respondent to answer or otherwise appear within the time allowed, and provided that the foregoing rules as to service have been complied with, the respondent or respondents so failing to answer or otherwise plead to or to appear, shall be deemed to be in default, and the allegations of the complaint, petition or order to show cause, as the case may be, together with the evidence to support the same, shall be entered into the record and may be taken as true and the order of the board entered accordingly.
Authority Note
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 23:1376.
Historical Note
HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation, Second Injury Board, LR 1:146 (February 1975), amended LR 3:50 (January 1977), LR 3:497 (December 1977), amended by the Department of Employment and Training, Office of Workers' Compensation, Second Injury Board, LR 17:181 (February 1991).