Skaggs v. Wood Mosaic Corporation

CULLEN, Commissioner.

In August 1966 James L. Skaggs filed a claim with the Workmen’s Compensation Board seeking an award of compensation for total permanent disability alleged to have resulted from an accident that occurred in August 1961 while he was in the employ of the Wood Mosaic Corporation. The board dismissed the claim as barred by the limitation statute, KRS 342.185. On appeal to the circuit court judgment was entered upholding the board’s order. Skaggs has appealed from that judgment.

Under KRS 342.185 a claim for injury must be filed within one year after the date of accident, or if…