Court Opinion

ID: 9690908
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 19:51:39.304458+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:05:05.325966
License: Public Domain

BEN Z. GRANT, Justice,
concurring.
In my examination of the available material on the legislative history of the recodi-fication of the Workers’ Compensation Act in 1989, I did not find any reason why Section 8307a of the previous Act was eliminated. This provision allowed a worker’s case that was erroneously filed in the wrong county to have the case transferred to the proper court. The result of the present case is unfortunate because it does not allow a court to reach the merits of the case because it was inadvertently filed in the wrong county. This is a matter which the Legislature should review to determine if a worker’s compensation case should be permitted to be transferred to the proper court when a court determines it has been erroneously filed in the wrong county.
Because of the statutes now in effect, I must concur with the majority opinion.