Lewis v. Chrysler Corporation

The instant proceeding raises but one issue: whether the plaintiff gave timely notice of the injury to the defendant in accordance with § 381 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act.1 In discussing the issue the parties have addressed themselves to three questions:(1) Whether the statutory period for notice in § 381 commences to run only after the employee has knowledge or reasonable grounds for knowl*363edge of the disability and after he discovers or should have discovered that the disability may be work-related, and if the above is true, did plaintiffs application filed with the Bureau of Workmen’s…