Martin v. Industrial Commission

VAN CISE, Judge.

Petitioner, Kenneth Martin, (the employee) filed a claim for workmen’s compensation for an injury he received during and in the course of his employment. The Industrial Commission found that he had failed to file his claim within the prescribed time limit and that the claim was therefore barred. The employee petitions for review, and we affirm.

The employee, a construction supervisor, injured his knee when he fell in a hole on a construction site on September 14, 1972. The next day, he was treated by a doctor and was found to have a traumatic sprain of his right knee and an…