Anderson v. Frontier Communications

OPINION

ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.

The issue presented in this case is whether respondent Karl L. Anderson is barred from receiving workers’ compensation benefits because he failed to give timely notice to his employer of a work-related injury. A compensation judge found that Anderson was barred from receiving workers’ compensation benefits because his written notice of injury, given nearly 2 years after Anderson’s last day of work, was not timely and Anderson’s employer, Frontier Communications, did not have actual knowledge that Anderson’s back problems were work-related. The Workers’…