Johnson v. Thomas & Skinner, Inc.

This is a second opinion on an appeal from an award of December 9, 1971, dismissing a second claim for compensation “for want of jurisdiction” based on the sole finding that the second claim “was filed more than one year after the date for which compensation was paid” (pursuant to the initial award). 1 In our first opinion on May 15, 1972, we directed the Industrial Board to certify to us a finding of the facts relative to issues which its 1971 finding had ignored, particularly the issue of whether plaintiff was mentally incompetent so as to toll the one year limitation. 2 The Board has…