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CHAMBERS v. WORKMEN'S COMP. APP. BD.

Docket No. L.A. 29570.

69 Cal.2d 556 (1968)

446 P.2d 531

72 Cal. Rptr. 651

CLEO CHAMBERS, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, LONG BEACH IRON COMPANY et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 14, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Cantrell and Levy, DeRoy, Geffner & Van Bourg for Petitioner.

Everett A. Corten, Edward A. Sarkisian, Nathan Mudge, Samuelsen, Bolson & Whitehead, N.R. Samuelsen and Ben Whitehead for Respondents.

MOSK, J.

Subdivision (a) of section 5405 of the Labor Code provides that an applicant for workmen's compensation benefits must commence proceedings within one year from the date of injury. Under section 5412, the date of injury in the case of an occupational disease is deemed to be the day upon which the employee first suffered disability therefrom and either knew, or in the exercise of reasonable diligence should have known, that the disability was caused by his...

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