Beveridge v. Industrial Accident Commission

The petitioner seeks review and annulment of the findings and order of the respondent Industrial Accident Commission that the evidence failed to establish that he suffered an industrial injury on or about October 20, 1958, and that he take nothing by reason of his claim.

The issue which emerges is whether the statute of limitations for a claim for workmen’s compensation (1) runs from the date of final stoppage of work if the accumulated strain of work effort causes a preexisting condition to become disabling on such date or (2) runs, in the absence of a new traumatic incident, from the date of…