Case Name: William A. Bynon v. The W. T. Rawleigh Company; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; and The Industrial Commission of Colorado
Court: Colorado Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Colorado
Decision Date: 1967-11-13
Citations: 164 Colo. 182
Docket Number: No. 22348
Parties: William A. Bynon v. The W. T. Rawleigh Company; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; and The Industrial Commission of Colorado.
Judges: Mr. Chief Justice Moore and Mr. Justice Pringle concur.
Reporter: Colorado Reports
Volume: 164
Pages: 182–183

Head Matter:
No. 22348.
William A. Bynon v. The W. T. Rawleigh Company; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; and The Industrial Commission of Colorado.
(433 P.2d 333)
Decided November 13, 1967.
George A. Hinshaw, for plaintiff in error.
Zarlengo, Mott and Carlin, for defendants in error W. T. Rawleigh Company and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
Duke W. Dunbar, Attorney General, Frank E. Hickey, Deputy, Peter L. Dye, Assistant, for defendant in error Industrial Commission of Colorado.
In Department.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Day.
Plaintiff in error, a claimant for workmen's compensation benefits before the Industrial Commission, filed his claim fourteen months after the date of the accident. This was beyond the allowable statutory period as set forth in C.R.S. 1963, 81-13-5. For him to be able to proceed to an adjudication of his claim it was necessary for the Industrial Commission to find: (a) that there was a reasonable excuse for the late filing; and (b) that no prejudice inured to the respondent employer. The Commission, after hearing, found that there was no excuse and that the employer would be prejudiced by allowing the late filing.
Under this court's precedent in Industrial Commission v. Johnston, 151 Colo. 465, 378 P.2d 830 — to name only one of several cases — the finding by the Commission, such as made in this case, absent an abuse of discretion on the part of the Commission, ends the matter.
The judgment is affirmed.
Mr. Chief Justice Moore and Mr. Justice Pringle concur.