Stockheimer v. the Carwin Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Pbkskie, J.

This is a workmen’s compensation ease. The limited but dispositive question presented is whether the dismissal of the petitioner’s claim petition presents a reasonably debatable question of fact or law.

In the Bureau, after hearing on notice, the claim petition was dismissed because it was “filed out of time,” i. e., it was not filed within one year after the date on which the employee ceased to he exposed to the occupational disease of benzene poisoning, while in the course of employment with his employer. R. 8. 34:15-34. Stated another way,…