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Facts

  • A worker appealed a decision from the Workers’ Compensation Administration regarding a dispute with his employer and its insurer. The specifics of the dispute leading to the appeal are not detailed in the provided text.

Procedural History

  • Appeal from Workers’ Compensation Administration, Leonard J. Padilla, Workers’ Compensation Judge.

Parties' Submissions

  • Worker-Appellant: The appellant's arguments or evidence presented in opposition to the summary affirmance are not specified in the provided text (N/A).
  • Employer/Insurer-Appellees: The appellees' arguments or evidence supporting the summary affirmance are not specified in the provided text.

Legal Issues

  • Whether the Workers’ Compensation Administration's decision should be affirmed due to the absence of an opposing memorandum to the proposed summary disposition.

Disposition

  • The decision of the Workers’ Compensation Administration was affirmed (para 2).

Reasons

  • Per Michael E. Vigil, Chief Judge (Emil J. Kiehne, Judge and Jennifer L. Attrep, Judge concurring): The court proposed summary affirmance for reasons stated in a notice of proposed summary disposition. No memorandum opposing the summary affirmance was filed, and the time for doing so expired, leading to the affirmation of the lower court's decision (paras 1-3).
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