Ferguson v. Industrial Commission

At the time here applicable, Section 1465-72a, General Code (108 Ohio Laws, pt. 1, 319), provided as follows:

“In all cases of injury or death, claims for compensation shall be forever barred, unless, within two years after the injury or death, application shall have been made to the Industrial Commission of Ohio or to the employer in the event such employer has elected to pay compensation direct.”

The decision of this case depends upon whether the amended application of January 4, 1938, more than two years after the workman’s death, set up a different accident and injury from the accident and…