Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. Dale

WIGGINTON, Judge.

Appellant, a self-insured employer, appeals that portion of the deputy commissioner’s order finding no merit to appellant’s statute of limitations defense and finding appellant responsible for past medical bills of appellee Dale, which were awarded in a prior order entered in 1978. We reverse.

Dale was injured in an industrial accident in September, 1976 when he inhaled toxic fumes and thereupon suffered pleuritis and bronchitis. In January, 1977, Dale suffered a disabling heart attack, and claimed it was causally related to the initial injury. In January, 1978, the then…