Cara L. Boddy

The applicant applied for statutory accident benefits following a motor vehicle accident.

The applicant failed to appear at the arbitration hearing.

The arbitrator stayed the proceeding to allow the applicant time to provide an explanation, but no correspondence was received and mail sent to the applicant's last known address was returned.

The application was dismissed.

The applicant, who was injured in a motor vehicle accident, applied for statutory accident benefits and subsequently for arbitration.

He failed to appear at the hearing, having sent a letter requesting an adjournment due to alleged family emergencies, but subsequently lost contact with his counsel and the Commission.

The arbitrator refused to grant the adjournment immediately but declined the insurer's request to dismiss the application outright.

Instead, the arbitrator stayed the proceeding and ordered the applicant to provide justification for his absence and pay $750 in expenses to the insurer by a specified date, failing which the application would be dismissed.