Seaton v. Plasti-Mat, Inc.

SIMMS, Justice:

The issue on review is whether the Claimant’s workers’ compensation claim for a job related injury was time barred?

Gary Wayne Seaton, Claimant, was injured on October 21, 1976, in a job related accident. A forklift he was standing on accidentally crushed him against a wall when his foot slipped off the pallet and caused the forks to engage. The employer, Plasti-Mat, (respondent) had Seaton taken to a hospital by ambulance where he was treated for two days and released. Subsequently, claimant returned to work and resumed normal activity.

The claimant’s medical expense for the…