Does an applicant's belief that his disability was job related trigger the statute of limitations?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from City of Fresno v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., 163 Cal.App.3d 467, 209 Cal.Rptr. 463 (Cal. App. 1985):
At least one court has concluded that the applicant's belief that his disability was job related does not trigger the statute of limitations unless that belief was based on a medical opinion. (Smith v. Federated Metals Corporation (1939) 235 Mo.App. 297, 133 S.W.2d 1112.)
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