Bellanca v. Spencer Lens Co.

The claimant’s failure to give notice of injury was excused solely on the ground that “ inasmuch as claimant received immediate medical aid and attention, and inasmuch as claimant could not have received better treatment even though the employer had actual knowledge of the injury, the employer was not prejudiced.” A notice of injury advises an employer of the “ time, place, nature and cause of the injury ” claimed to have been inflicted. (Workmen’s Compensation Law, § 18.) It enables the employer to make timely

*825investigation of the facts. Such an investigation might show that there was in fact…