Nygaard v. Department of Labor & Industries

November 4, 1953, the claimant, a sixty-two-year-old cabinet maker, collapsed while at work. November 27,1953, he filed his claim with the department of labor and industries for disability as a result of an occupational disease, allegedly caused by exposure to “wood dust, from sanding job,” suffered during the course of extrahazardous employment from July, 1944, to November, 1953.

March 10, 1954, the department rejected the claim, because

“ . . . no claim was filed within one year from the date on which the claimant was informed by his physician that he had contacted [sic] an occupational…