Martin v. White Pine Copper Co.

This appeal arises out of a late-filed claim for compensation made by the widow and children of a worker who suffered a heart attack on the job and died immediately thereafter. The claim was filed with the workmen’s compensation department on June 4, 1963, although the death upon which the claim was based occurred some seven years earlier, that is, July 2, 1956. The hearing referee granted defendant’s motion to dismiss on grounds that the widow’s claim was barred by a six-year period of limitation derived from a prior *40decision of this Court. The appeal board reversed the referee and we…