Carroll County Memorial Hospital v. Yocum

REED, Justice.

Was the insurance carrier for the employer in this workmen’s compensation claim by an allegedly injured employee entitled to rely on the defense of expiration of the applicable statute of limitations?

*247From undisputed evidence, the Workmen’s Compensation Board concluded as a matter of law that the claim was barred. When the employee appealed, the circuit court from the same undisputed evidence declared that the claim was not barred. The employer and its insurance carrier then appealed to this court. We affirm the judgment of the circuit court.

Lizzie Mae Yocum allegedly sustained…