Indiana Code - Labor and Safety - Title 22, Section 22-3-4-8

Disputes; awards; appeals

Sec. 8. (a) An award of the board by less than all of the members
as provided in section 6 of this chapter, if not reviewed as provided
in section 7 of this chapter, shall be final and conclusive.
(b) An award by the full board shall be conclusive and binding as
to all questions of the fact, but either party to the dispute may, within
thirty (30) days from the date of such award, appeal to the court of
appeals for errors of law under the same terms and conditions as
govern appeals in ordinary civil actions.
(c) The board of its own motion may certify questions of law to
said court of appeals for its decision and determination.
(d) An assignment of errors that the award of the full board is
contrary to law shall be sufficient to present both the sufficiency of
the facts found to sustain the award and the sufficiency of the
evidence to sustain the finding of facts.
(e) All such appeals and certified questions of law shall be

submitted upon the date filed in the court of appeals, shall be
advanced upon the docket of said court, and shall be determined at
the earliest practicable date, without any extensions of time for filing
briefs.
(f) An award of the full board affirmed on appeal, by the
employer, shall be increased thereby five percent (5%), and by order
of the court may be increased ten percent (10%).
(Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.61.) As amended by P.L.144-1986,
SEC.45.

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