WRIGHT v. QUINCY SOYBEAN COMPANY, 1998 AWCC 116

CLAIM NO. E602055

JESSE WRIGHT, EMPLOYEE, CLAIMANT v. QUINCY SOYBEAN COMPANY, EMPLOYER, RESPONDENT, SENTRY INSURANCE COMPANY, INSURANCE CARRIER, RESPONDENT

Before the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission
ORDER FILED MARCH 25, 1998

Upon review before the FULL COMMISSION in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.

Claimant represented by EUGENE L. SCHIEFFLER, Attorney at Law, West Helena, Arkansas.

Respondents represented by PATRICK E. HOLLINGSWORTH, Attorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas.

[1] ORDER
[2] This case comes on for review before the Commission on joint motion by the parties to extend the time to file an appeal to the Commission.

[3] After our consideration of the joint motion and all other matters properly before the Commission, we find that the motion must be denied.

[4] The Commission simply does not have the authority to waive or extend the appeal time, even with the consent of all parties or if the delay is the result of unavoidable casualty.Cooper Industrial Products v. Meadows, 5 Ark. App. 205 634 S.W.2d 400 (1982); Williams v. Luft Construction Co., 31 Ark. App. 198, 790 S.W.2d 921 (1990).

[5] Accordingly, we find that the parties’ joint motion to extend the time to file an appeal should be, and hereby is, denied.

[6] IT IS SO ORDERED.

ELDON F. COFFMAN, Chairman PAT WEST HUMPHREY, Commissioner MIKE WILSON, Commissioner