Howard v. FMC Corp.

BAKES, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Industrial Commission dismissing appellant’s claim for compensation for the death of her husband because she failed to timely file an application for hearing pursuant to I.C. § 72-706. A detailed chronology of the facts is necessary to determine the effect of the several limitations provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act which bear on this claim.

HISTORY OF THE CLAIM

On April 5, 1974, Richard I. Howard died of cardiac arrest shortly after leaving his work at the FMC plant near Pocatello, Idaho. On May 22, 1974, the appellant, widow of…