ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:
This case involves a workmen's compensation claim for disability benefits, a statute limiting the period for filing a claim to two years after the "injury," and a latent injury. We hold that the claim period runs from the time compensable injury becomes reasonably apparent, not from the date of the accident only.
Sam Garrard, appellee, filed a claim before the Workmen's Compensation Commission for disability benefits. The attorney...
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