Chart XV-Appeal Provisions Questions Reviewed Jurisdiction Administration Time for Appeal Law and Fact Basis for Review Alabama Courts1 42 days Court of Civil Appeal Supreme Court Certiorari Yes Record Alaska Workers' Compensation Board 30 days Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission Notice of appeal Yes2 Record No Supreme Court Notice of appeal Yes2 Record No Yes Record No Record No To What Court Process and Procedure Law Only Arizona Industrial Commission 30 days Court of Appeals Supreme Court Certiorari Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission 30 days Court of Appeals Yes 18 days Supreme Court As in civil actions, with precedence over all other civil cases As in civil actions Yes Jury Trial No California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board 45 days Supreme Court or District Court of Appeals Writ of review Yes Colorado Industrial Claim Appeals Office 21 days Court of Appeals 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. Yes Connecticut Chairman 20 days Notice of appeal3 Yes 20 days Compensation Review Board; Appellate Court Supreme Court Notice of appeal3 Yes Yes Record No Yes Hearing de novo No Yes Record No Record No Yes Hearing de novo No Yes Record No Record No Record No Record No Trial de novo Record No Record and transcript of evidence No Record; no additional evidence No Assignment of errors No Delaware Office of Workers' Compensation 30 days Superior Court As prescribed by court District of Columbia Department of Employment Services 30 days Application 30 days Office of Hearings and Adjudication; Compensation Order Review Board; 30 days D.C. Court of Appeals Application 30 days Application 30 days Office of Hearings and Adjudication; Compensation Order Review Board; 30 days DC Court of Appeals Application Yes Application District of Columbia Government Workers Office of Risk Management Florida Division of Administrative Hearings 30 days District Court of First District Notice of appeal Georgia State Board of Workers' Compensation 20 days4 Superior Court; Court of Appeals; Supreme Court Notice of appeal Discretionary authority Yes Hawaii Disability Compensation Division 20 days 30 days Appellate Board Supreme Court Notice of appeal5 Yes Idaho Industrial Commissioners 42 days Supreme Court or District; Court of Appeals Notice of appeal Yes Illinois Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission 20 days 30 days Circuit Court; Appellate Court; Supreme Court6 Proceeding for review as prescribed by court Indiana Workers' Compensation Board 30 days Court of Appeals Supreme Court As in civil actions3 Yes Application 2019 Analysis of Workers' Compensation Laws | 133 Record No No Record No Yes Record No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No