Employers Mutual Liability Insurance v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

STEVENS, Judge.

The two basic questions presented in this review of a. workman’s compensation award are:

Was the petitioner’s claim timely filed? and

Can there be a compensable injury in the absence of a single event which bears a causal relationship to the claimed injury?

We answer both questions in the affirmative and affirm the award.

Betty L. Barbee (petitioner), except for a brief period of time, was employed by El Rancho Markets (El Rancho) from sometime in 1969 until she voluntarily resigned in mid-1973. Her resignation was upon the recommendation of her doctor. The petitioner’s…