State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Stampfel

The State Compensation Insurance Fund is here by writ of error to review a judgment of the district court affirming an award of the Industrial Commission of Colorado.

Claimant, Albert C. Stampfel, suffered a heart attack on December IQ, 1959, as a result of an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. He did not file his claim for compensation until September 18, 1961. The only assignment of error urged as ground for reversal is that under the provisions of C.R.S. ’53, 81-13-5 (as amended in 1959) the claim is barred because it was filed more than one year after the injury.…