Turner v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

This is a worker’s compensation case in which the trial court rendered summary judgment for the insurance carrier on the ground that the undisputed summary judgment proof established that the claimant did not file her claim with the Industrial Accident Board within the time required by law.

On January 2, 1974, Mrs. Turner sustained an injury to her back while in the course and scope of her employment with Day & Zimmermann, Inc. She was off work for a few days but returned on January 14 and continued to work until February 28, 1975, when she voluntarily left her…