Claim of Rowe v. Oswego Hospital

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 11, 2001, which ruled that claimant’s workers’ compensation claim was untimely filed.

Claimant, a registered nurse, claimed that she injured her lower back in December 1998 while helping another nurse lift a patient out of bed. She continued to work thereafter until March 1999 when she again began to experience lower back pain. She sought medical treatment at that time and was out of work from March 23, 1999 through January 18, 2000. She filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits in June 1999. In July 1999, the…