Sumner v. Jim Lupient Infiniti
Annotate this CaseYer Sumner was injured when she fell while working for Jim Lupient Infiniti. Sumner filed a claim petition for workers’ compensation benefits. Lupient denied primary liability. After Sumner filed her claim petition, eleven entities (collectively, Intervenors), including two health-care providers that provided treatment to Sumner (collectively, Relators), moved to intervene as of right. Lupient objected to the compensability of the services for which several Intervenors, including Relators, sought reimbursement. Intervenors had their claims for reimbursement denied when they failed to attend a hearing before a compensation judge. Relators and Sumner appealed. The Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of Relators’ reimbursement claims. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that, because Relators were absent from the hearing, and none of the exceptions to the attendance requirement was met, the compensation judge did not err when he denied Relators’ claims for reimbursement.
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