Chart XV-Appeal Provisions Questions Reviewed Jurisdiction Administration Courts1 Alaska Workers' Compensation Board Arizona Arkansas Industrial Commission Workers' Compensation Commission California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board Colorado Industrial Claim Appeals Office Time for Appeal Alabama 42 days 30 days To What Court Court of Civil Appeal Supreme Court Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission Supreme Court 30 days 30 days 18 days 45 days 21 days Court of Appeals Supreme Court Court of Appeals Supreme Court Supreme Court or District Court of Appeals Court of Appeals Process and Procedure Certiorari Notice of appeal Notice of appeal Certiorari As in civil actions, with precedence over all other civil cases As in civil actions Writ of review Court of Appeals must review any appeal from final order of Industrial Claim Appeals Office. Supreme Court may accept appeals of Court of Appeals decisions as it chooses. Neither court may alter factual findings supported by substantial evidence. Connecticut Chairman Delaware District of Columbia District of Columbia Government Workers Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Office of Workers' Compensation Department of Employment Services 20 days 20 days 30 days 30 days 30 days 30 days Office of Risk Management 30 days 30 days 30 days Division of Administrative Hearings State Board of Workers' Compensation Disability Compensation Division Industrial Commissioners Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Workers' Compensation Board Workers' Compensation Commissioner 20 days 30 days 30 days 30 days 30 days 20 days4 30 days Compensation Review Board; Appellate Court Supreme Court Superior Court Office of Hearings and Adjudication; Compensation Order Review Board; D.C. Court of Appeals Office of Hearings and Adjudication; Compensation Order Review Board; D.C. Court of Appeals District Court of Appeals First District Superior Court; Court of Appeals; Supreme Court 20 days 30 days 42 days Appellate Board Supreme Court Supreme Court or District; Court of Appeals Circuit Court; Appellate Court; Supreme Court6 Court of Appeals Supreme Court District Court Supreme Court Notice of appeal3 Notice of appeal3 As prescribed by court Application Application Application Application Application Application Notice of appeal Notice of appeal Discretionary authority Notice of appeal5 Notice of appeal Proceeding for review as prescribed by court As in civil actions3 Petition for judicial review As in civil cases 2023 Analysis of Workers' Compensation Laws | 133 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Law Only Law and Fact Yes Yes2 Yes2 Yes Basis for Review Record Record Record Record Record No No No No No Record Record No No Jury Trial Yes Yes Yes Record Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Record Hearing de novo Record Record Hearing de novo Record Record Record Record Trial de novo Record Record and transcript of evidence Record; no additional evidence Assignment of errors