MATTER OF GRONQUIST


547 P.2d 1374 (1976)

In the Matter of the Compensation of the Beneficiaries of George O. GRONQUIST, Deceased. Charlotte GRONQUIST and Margie Faye Gronquist, Respondents-Cross-Appellants, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND, Appellant-Cross-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided April 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Burgess, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for appellant-cross-respondent. With him on the briefs were Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., and W. Michael Gillette, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Larry Dawson, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondents-cross-appellants.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and LANGTRY and FORT, JJ.


SCHWAB, Chief Judge.

The sole question in this workmen's compensation case involves interpretation of the statutes governing the time limit for claims arising from the death of a workman due to an occupational disease.

Claimant's husband, who had been an asbestos worker, died June 20, 1972. Upon learning that an autopsy report indicated that her husband died from lung disease caused by asbestos, claimant filed for benefits with her husband's last employer...

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