Hospitals v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

RICHARDSON, J.

This case involves the application of Labor Code (all statutory references are to that code unless otherwise indicated) section 5405, which provides a one-year statute of limitations for the filing of claims under the Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act). Concluding, as we do, that the one-year period commences to run when *332the potential claimant is notified that the employer and its compensation carrier reject liability under the Act, we will affirm the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board) which held the claim was barred because it was filed more…