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The Kansas “no progress” statute, Kan. Stat. Ann. § 44-523(f)(1), prohibits an administrative law judge from affirmatively allowing an extension to a claimant who fails to move for that extension within three years of the initial filing of the claim, held the Supreme Court of Kansas In a split decision. Accordingly, the majority of the Court held that since the claimant’s request for an extension was filed after the three-year deadline, it was appropriately denied summarily. The claimant had sought additional time to schedule an out-of-state deposition. In a spirited dissent, Justice Rosen said the majority’s holding stood on the basis of “a single comma.”
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See Glaze v. Williams, 2019 Kan. LEXIS 75 (Apr. 19, 2019)
See generally Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, § 126.13.
Source: Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, the nation’s leading authority on workers’ compensation law
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