Sommerville v. Sommerville

Appeal from decisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed October 29, 1973 and May 13, 1974, which held that the decedent’s claim was not barred by a failure to timely file and that death resulted from a compensable accident and directed appropriate payments. The board found that the employer waived the two-year filing limitation applicable to the claimant (Workmen’s Compensation Law, § 28) by making a prepayment of benefits in ithe form of funeral expenses. The record establishes that the deceased was the president of the corporate employer which has the same family *685name as decedent.…