Is there a time limit or statute of limitation on filing a workers compensation claim and if so, what is it?
After properly reporting the injury, you have one year from the date of the injury to file a claim. If you received remedial treatment from your employer for the injury, you have one year from the date of treatment to file a claim for workers compensation benefits. If you received weekly income benefits as a result of the on-the-job injury, you have two years from the date of your last payment of weekly income benefits to file a claim. In the case of an occupational disease claim, you have one year from the date you became aware of your disease or, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, should have known of the relationship between your disability and its relationship to your employment. No claim for an occupational disease may be filed after seven years from the last date you were exposed to the employment hazards related to your disease. However, for the diseases asbestosis or mesothelioma related to exposure to asbestos, you have one year from the date of first disablement after d
