Supreme Court dismisses workers' compensation claim as statute of limitations expired from disability assessment date.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the plaintiff's claim for workers' compensation damages against two schools, ruling the statute of limitations had expired. While lower courts initially awarded damages based on the date the plaintiff learned of the injury, the Supreme Court corrected this interpretation. The court held that the limitation period begins on the date the disability was officially assessed, not when the employee became aware of the harm, thereby barring the late-filed lawsuit.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedart. 291 § 1 KP; The three-year limitation period for a claim for one-time compensation for occupational disease begins on the day the employee becomes aware of the sustained or long-term damage to health or its increase by at least 10%, not the day of discovery of the injury.