44-520. Notice of injury. - Kansas Statutes

44-520

Chapter 44.--LABOR AND INDUSTRIES Article 5.--WORKERS COMPENSATION

      44-520.   Notice of injury.Except as otherwise provided in this section, proceedings for compensationunder the workers compensationact shallnot be maintainable unless notice of the accident, stating the time andplace and particulars thereof, and the name and address of the personinjured, is given to the employer within10 days afterthe date of the accident, except that actual knowledge oftheaccident by the employer or the employer's duly authorized agentshall render thegiving of such notice unnecessary.The ten-day notice provided in this section shall not bar any proceeding forcompensation under the workers compensation act if the claimant showsthat afailure to notify under this section was due to just cause, except that in noevent shall such a proceeding for compensation be maintained unless the noticerequired by this section is given to the employer within 75 days after the dateof the accident unless (a) actual knowledge of the accident by the employer ortheemployer's duly authorized agent renders the giving of such notice unnecessaryas provided in this section,(b) the employer was unavailable to receive such notice as provided in thissection, or (c) the employee was physically unable to give such notice.

      History:   L. 1927, ch. 232, § 19; L. 1974, ch. 203, §25;L. 1993, ch. 286, § 42; July 1.