NIMMONS, Judge.
The employer and carrier appeal an order of the deputy commissioner awarding claimant remedial and palliative care on the stated grounds that "[n]either the Employer or (sic) the Carrier nor their representative appeared for the hearing ..." We reverse.
This case presents the issue of whether a deputy commissioner is empowered, because of the employer/carrier's failure to appear at a compensation hearing, to enter a "default judgment" awarding...
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