Kennecott Copper Corp. v. Industrial Commission

CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

Kennecott Copper Corporation seeks reversal of a workmen’s compensation award made to defendant Bill Bilanzich on May 5, 1978, for an injury to and disability of his left wrist which resulted from a fall while in the course of his duties at plaintiff’s workings near Magna four years earlier, in March of 1974.

The defense asserted by Kennecott below and the issue presented on this appeal is that the claim was barred by the three-year statute of limitations contained in Sec. 35-1-99, U.C.A.1953, which in pertinent part provides:. If no claim for compensation is filed with…