Neither Court nor Board of Review Can Grant Worker's Request to Accept Late Protest

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that neither it nor the Board of Review could grant a worker’s request to accept a late protest to a denial of his claim. Case: Funna v. West Virginia Department of Human Services, No. 25-ICA-210, 12/04/2025, published. Facts and procedural history: Abou Funna worked for the West Virginia Department of Human Services. In January 2024, an administrator for the department’s insurance carrier denied a claim Funna filed with a date of injury in December 2023. The Board of Review received Funna’s protest to the order on ...