Gruber v. Nelo Knitwear Corp.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 2, 1977, which held that claimant’s claim was barred by not being timely filed pursuant to section 28 of the Workers’ Compensation Law. Claimant filed a claim for compensation dated March 9, 1976. She allegedly suffered a nervous breakdown in 1965 caused by the noise of a sewing machine she operated at her employment. Section 28 of the Workers’ *962Compensation Law requires that a claim be filed within two years after an accident. Claimant maintains that her accident caused her to become mentally incompetent and,…