McNatt v. Industrial Commission

HAIRE, Judge.

The question before us is whether an industrially-injured workman filed a claim or “application for compensation” within one year after the injury so as to invoke the jurisdiction of the Industrial Commission. 1

The injury with which we are here concerned occurred in 1966, but it should be noted as a matter of essential background that petitioner suffered a previous industrially-related back injury in 1955. A claim for benefits resulting from this 1955 injury was processed by the Industrial Commission in its claims file No. AM 17562.

Petitioner sustained the back injury with which…