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Applicant's claims for statutory accident benefits dismissed as frivolous after failing to attend hearings.
The insurer brought a motion to dismiss the applicant's claims for statutory accident benefits after the applicant failed to communicate with his former counsel, failed to attend a pre-hearing, and failed to attend the motion hearing.
The arbitrator found the arbitration to be frivolous due to the applicant's failure to appear or file any supporting material.
The applicant's claims were dismissed, and the insurer was awarded $400 for its expenses of the arbitration.
Motion by applicant's counsel to be removed from the record granted due to breakdown in communication.
The applicant's counsel brought a motion to be removed from the record in a statutory accident benefits arbitration.
The counsel provided evidence that the applicant had not responded to numerous letters, telephone calls, and emails over several months.
The applicant did not attend the motion hearing or object to the request.
The arbitrator found that the lawyer-client relationship had broken down and granted the motion to remove counsel from the record.
