Claimant filed a notice and proof of claim for disability benefits dated May 11, 1957 in which she alleged that she became disabled on July 1, 1950. A statement of her disability by her attending physician who treated her between July 5, 1950 and September 29, 1950 bears date May 24, 1957. Claimant's delay of almost seven years in furnishing the required proof of disability is fatal to her claim. (Workmen's Compensation Law, § 217, subd. 1; Matter of Whalen v. Allied...
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