Dawkins v. Mills

BECTON, Judge.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether plaintiff filed her workers’ compensation claim within the time prescribed by G.S. sec. 97-58. G.S. sec. 97-58(c) states in part:

The right to compensation for occupational disease shall be barred unless a claim be filed with the Industrial Commission within two years after death, disability, or disablement as the case may be.

The two-year statute of limitations under G.S. sec. 97-58(c) for filing claims with the Industrial Commission is a condition precedent with which a claimant must comply in order to confer jurisdiction on the…