Day v. Bituminous Casualty Corp.

Bell, Chief Judge.

Claimant in this workmen’s compensation case was injured on December 11, 1973. An administrative law judge denied an award of compensation based on findings that claimant did not file her claim with the board until April 22, 1975, more than a year after the accident; that no fraud was practiced by the insurer against the claimant which prevented the filing of the claim within the statutory time of one year; and that the insurer was not estopped by the conduct of its employee from asserting the statute of limitation; and that even after claimant became aware in January 1975…