State Ex Rel. Fruehauf Trailer Co. v. Coffinberry

The first contention of the employer is that there was no application for an additional award' filed by the claimant with the commission within two years after the injury, as required by statute, and that as a result of such failure the commission had no jurisdiction or authority to make the award.

The commission admits that no formal written claim for the additional award setting out the facts constituting the basis therefor was made or filed within the required two-year period, but claims that a sufficient informal claim for such an award was made within the statutory period and that, under…