Peterson v. Wandell-Lowe Transfer & Storage

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice McWilliams.

This is a workmen’s compensation case and concerns the provision appearing in C.R.S. 1963, 81-13-5 (2) which provides that all claims for compensation shall be filed with the Industrial Commission “within one year after the injury.” The Commission denied Peterson’s claim for compensation benefits on the ground that it was “barred” by the statute above referred to. The trial court upon review of the matter approved the award of the Commission and entered judgment to that effect. By writ of error Peterson, the employee, now seeks reversal of the judgment…