Home Insurance Co. v. DeAnda

DICKENSON, Justice.

The controlling question in this “occupational disease” case is whether or not the workman proved that notice of injury was given to the employer or insurance company within 30 days after “the happening of an injury” or “the first distinct manifestation of an occupational disease.”1 It should be noted that the date of the “cumulative injury,” as to an occupational disease which is the result of repetitious physical traumatic activities, is the date “disability” is caused thereby.2

Porfirio DeAnda claimed worker’s compensation benefits for the occupational disease of…