Federovitch v. Pantasote Leather Co.

The prosecutor filed a petition for compensation in the bureau. He testified that on March 13th, 1936, while at work he slipped on a wet floor wrenching his back and causing the injuries for which compensation was sought. The question was whether the employer had received timely knowledge of this accident. A foreman, Collins Allen, testified that he knew of it within the statutory period and then that he did not. The referee found that five witnesses of credit, including Referee Mobius, were clear that no knowledge of the accident was received by the employer until August, and so the injured…