Claim of Hazzard v. Adams Russell Cable Services

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 5, 2001, which ruled that claimant’s application for workers’ compensation benefits was time-barred.

Claimant, a line technician for the employer, sustained an. injury to his left knee in January 1987 when he slipped on ice while carrying a ladder. Although claimant immediately sought medical treatment for this injury, he did not file a claim for workers’ compensation benefits until August 1995. The employer’s workers’ compensation carrier controverted the claim contending, in part, that such claim was time-barred…