City of Los Angeles v. Industrial Accident Commission

In City of Los Angeles v. Industrial Acc. Com. (Fraide) ante, p. 242 [46 Cal.Rptr. 97, 404 P.2d 801], we held that the city was entitled to a partial credit against workmen’s compensation liability to its firemen and policemen for disability pensions it paid such firemen and policemen. In the instant case we hold that, under the circumstances set forth below, an estoppel does not bar the city from asserting the statute of limitations against applicants for workmen’s compensation benefits.

Curtis Dillin suffered an injury in 1935 while on duty as a city fireman. The city paid Dillin his full…