Chambers v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board

Subdivision (a) of section 5405 of the Labor Code provides that an applicant for workmen’s compensation benefits must commence proceedings within one year from the date of injury. Under section 5412, the date of injury in the case of an occupational disease is deemed to be the day upon which the employee first suffered disability therefrom and either knew, or in the exercise of reasonable diligence should have known, that the disability was caused by his employment.

The primary question involved in this case is whether there was substantial evidence to justify the Workmen’s Compensation…