10.19e. Management of Docket.

• Court: Kansas

Kansas Workers Compensation Settlement Reporter 10.19e. Management of Docket SummariesChapter 1010.19e Management of DocketJune 1998. (Award) Some exceptions should be made to the 30-day rule for administrative law judges' decisions to be entered where, in trying to comply with this 30-day rule, the terminal days set by the ALJ do or will not allow a reasonable amount of time for the depositions to be transcribed by the court reporter, sent to witnesses for reviewing and corrections and then signed and filed with the ALJ. By deciding the case and issuing an award without considering a relevant deposition, the ALJ did not consider the whole record (K.S.A. 44-501) and did not give the parties a reasonable opportunity to be heard and present evidence (K.S.A. 44-523). Ishman v. State of Kansas, Docket Nos. 198,342 and 204,554. May 1998. (Award) The administrative law judges should not be bound by technical rules of procedure. Rather, the Legislature intended (1) the parties to have a reasonable opportunity to be heard and to present their evidence and (2) fair and expeditious hearings. K.S.A...