City of Pasadena v. Industrial Accident Commission

On review of certain proceedings had before the Industrial Accident Commission, in essential particulars it appears that in the course of and arising out of Ms employment with the City of Pasadena, one Silka sustained certain injuries that disabled him for a period of several months, during which time he was paid compensation. More than one year after Silka was discharged as cured of his said injuries, he filed with the respondent commission his application for adjustment of his claim of compensation against the City of Pasadena. It is conceded that the determinative question of whether the proceeding before the respondent commission was barred by the statute of limitations is dependent upon the principal issue of whether the evidence produced at the hearing was legally sufficient to sustain its finding that “said injury caused new and further disability, ...”

From the several “reports” made by physicians relative to the original injuries that were sustained by Silka, it appears that they consisted of “cerebral concussion; traumatic injury to back; ...” Later, and within a period during which he was paid compensation, a bursa on his right knee developed, which bursa was…