Whitlock's Case

The self-insurer appeals from a final decree awarding the employee compensation and medical and legal expenses. The board’s finding that the injury arose out of and in the course of her employment is not disputed. Rather, this appeal raises issues concerning the adequacy of the board’s findings, the timeliness of the employee’s filing of the required notice and claim and certain evidentiary matters. On these issues the evidence revealed that the employee was continuously hospitalized from May 20, 1965, until June 4, 1966; that she suffered a cerebral vascular accident which produced in part a…