Riddel v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

In this workmen’s compensation appeal the hearing officer, Workmen’s Compensation Board and the circuit court all found that the claimant’s failure to file his claim for compensation for injury within the statutory period provided by ORS 656.265(1),① did not bar his claim, because he came within the good cause exception, ORS 656.265(4)(c). That statute reads:

“(4) Failure to give notice as required by this section bars a claim under OES 656.001 to 656.794 unless:

“(c) The notice is given within one year after the date of the accident and the workman or his beneficiaries establish in a hearing…