As provided in this chapter, the claim of appeal shall not suspend the operation of the decree appealed from, but, in case of default in taking the procedure required, the workers’ compensation court upon motion of any party may proceed as if no claim of appeal had been made, unless it is made to appear to the workers’ compensation court that the default no longer exists.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-35-34
Default in appellate procedure
P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 3, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 3, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 7; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-34.
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