33 N.W.2d 702 | Minn. | 1948
On September 28, 1945, while relator was employed by respondent Nu-Bilt Company, he suffered an injury when he slipped while helping three other employes of respondent to carry a wagon box. He suffered an inguinal hernia on the right side, which was an aggravation of a previously existing condition. A surgical operation and hospitalization followed. The record is conclusive that relator was not employed by respondents Alexander.
Employe filed a petition for compensation. The referee's decision dated June 24, 1946, denied compensation solely on the ground that employe "did not give notice of said injury to the employer within the time prescribed by law." The industrial commission affirmed this order October 25, 1946. On December 28, 1946, employe filed an application with the commission to vacate its decision and reopen the case. On January 31, 1947, this application was denied. This latter order is the one to be reviewed by the writ. No petition to review the order of the commission filed October 25, 1946, was made, and the time for filing had expired some time prior to the time relator made application to reopen the case. In his application to vacate the decision of the commission and to reopen the case, relator fails to set out any valid ground calling for such action by the commission. The petition merely makes a protest against the decision, and in it relator does not claim that he could or can at a new hearing present any evidence to show that respondents had notice of the accident and injury within the statutory period.
A reading of the testimony discloses that the employer had no notice of the accident within the statutory period, and no notice of the accident was given by employe to employer within that same period. Although review of the order of the commission denying compensation is not before us, it may not be amiss to say that the commission did not err in its original findings. *521
In the late cases of Bomersine v. Armour Co.
Order affirmed and writ discharged.