Taslich v. Industrial Commission

While employed by the Lion Coal Company at Wattis, Utah, Janko Taslich sustained injuries from which he died on April 13, 1923. A claim for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, in behalf of Mrs. John Tas-lich, his alleged wife, who resided in Europe, was made to the Industrial Commission. The claim was dismissed and denied upon the grounds that no authorized application for compensation had been filed within one year from the date of the death of the employee. The plaintiff has brought the matter here for review and contends that the commission acted without and in excess of its…