Statutory claim for death compensation becomes enforceable only upon the effective medical commission ruling. The Supreme Court ruled that the limitation period starts from the medical commission's effective ruling, not the employee's death. The court held that the claim becomes enforceable only upon the effective medical commission ruling, not the employee's death. The court held that the limitation period starts from the medical commission's effective ruling, not the employee's death.

The Supreme Court resolved a legal question regarding the start of the limitation period for a death compensation claim by a family member of an invalid pensioner. The plaintiff argued the claim became enforceable at the time of her husband's death, while the defendant contended it started three years after that date. The court ruled that the claim becomes enforceable only upon the effective medical commission ruling establishing the causal link between the death and the occupational disease.