White v. Travelers Ins.

This is a suit under the Workmen’s Compensation Law brought by an employee against the insurance carrier of his employer. The determinative question presented by the appeal is whether the suit was barred by the statute of limitations of one year, Code Sections 6874, 6884 (1).

For approximately 50 weeks from the date of the accident and injury on August 10, 1945, and until July 8, 1946, the defendant paid the plaintiff weekly compensation at the rate of $18 per week, an amount which would have been payable for either temporary total or permanent total disability. At intervals throughout the 50…