Worker's Unreasonable Conduct Delaying Case Results in Dismissal of Claim

The Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claim based on her unreasonable conduct delaying the adjudication of her case. Margarita Metaxas worked at Wheelhouse Bike Co. LLC for five days. Neither she nor any other employee reported or documented that Metaxas had fallen on June 1, 2019, her final full day of work. Metaxas went to an urgent care clinic on June 2, 2019, complaining of low-back pain and urinary frequency. She did not report that she had fallen at work or elsewhere. On June 22, 2019, Metaxas returned to the urgent care clinic for complaints that di...