Code of Maine Rules
90 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
351 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD
Chapter 12 - FORMAL HEARINGS
Section 351-12-3 - Dismissals

1. Parties shall be prepared and ready for hearing. If the petitioning party is unprepared or fails to appear, the Administrative Law Judge shall dismiss the matter unless good cause is shown within 30 days.

2. The Board, by its own motion, after notice to the parties and in the absence of a showing of good cause to the contrary, may dismiss an action for want of prosecution at any time more than two years after the last docket entry showing any action taken by the petitioning party. That dismissal operates as an adjudication upon the merits.

3. Unless otherwise indicated, the dismissal of any petition is without prejudice.