Opinion ID: 1693624
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Heading: jurisdiction

Text: We must, therefore, conclude that the review panel was without authority to enter its order of affirmance. Moreover, absent such an order, we are without jurisdiction to consider Hagelstein's appeal. This court held in Schmidt v. Shoftstall Alfalfa, 239 Neb. 248, 475 N.W.2d 523 (1991), that direct appeal could not be taken to this court from the order of a single judge of the compensation court, as there were neither provisions in the statutes nor any procedures for such an appeal. While the statute at issue in that case, Neb.Rev. Stat. § 48-185 (Reissue 1988), has since been amended to address review rather than rehearing of disputed cases, see § 48-185 (Reissue 1998), the holding of Schmidt v. Shoftstall Alfalfa, supra , remains valid and applicable in the instant case: The statutes as currently written do not provide for appeal to this court or the Court of Appeals without a properly constituted review by the compensation court. We note that after our disposition of the case, the compensation court may still review Hagelstein's claim despite the delay occasioned by these unusual circumstances, as Hagelstein seasonably filed his application for review. See Tatara v. Northern States Beef Co., 230 Neb. 230, 430 N.W.2d 547 (1988).