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K.S.A. § 44-520a (2026)

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44-520a.

History: L. 1927, ch. 232, § 20; L. 1939, ch. 213, § 3; L. 1947, ch. 289, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 250, § 13; L. 1957, ch. 293, § 4; L. 1967, ch. 280, § 7; L. 1974, ch. 203, § 26; Repealed, L. 2011, ch. 55, § 29; May 15.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 31 cases, 1930–2019 · leading case: Forcade v. List & Clark Constr. Co., 238 P.2d 549 (Kan. 1951).
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Forcade v. List & Clark Constr. Co., 238 P.2d 549 (Kan. 1951). · cites it 16× “" The provision of the new act as quoted refers to the three years within which death must occur before any liability accrues under the Act.”
Angleton v. Starkan, Inc., 828 P.2d 933 (Kan. 1992). · cites it 5× “On cross-appeal, Bobbie Angleton takes issue with the district court holding that K.S.A. 44-520a(a) bars her claim for compensation.”
Injured Workers of Kansas v. Franklin, 942 P.2d 591 (Kan. 1997). · cites it 2× “This notice of claim requirement specifically provided: "Proceedings for compensation under the workmen's compensation act shall not be maintainable unless notice of the accident, stating the time and place and particulars thereof, and the name and address of the person injured,…”
Poff v. IBP, Inc., 106 P.3d 1152 (Kan. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 3× “Equally important, as required by K.S.A. 44-520a, a claimant must make a timely written claim for compensation: “(a) No proceedings for compensation shall be maintainable under the workmen’s compensation act unless a written claim for compensation shall be served upon the…”
Schmidtlien Elec., Inc. v. Greathouse, 104 P.3d 378 (Kan. 2005). ““In this case, the defenses of late written claim or late application for hearing would not have existed until 200 days [K.S.A. 44-520a] or 2 years after the last payment of benefits [K.”
Lawrence v. Cobler, 915 P.2d 157 (Kan. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 7× “The Board reversed the decision, finding that Lawrence’s claim for compensation was not timely filed as required by K.S.A. 44-520a and K.S.A. 44-557(c). Lawrence appealed to this court.”
Frazier v. Mid-West Painting, Inc., 995 P.2d 855 (Kan. 2000). · cites it 4× “44-520 and K.S.A. 44-520a. Thus, if, as the Board determined, the back injury is a new injury unrelated to the arm and shoulder injury, claimant’s application for compensation is time barred.”
Johnson v. Brooks Plumbing, LLC, 135 P.3d 1203 (Kan. 2006). “44-534 (ALJ “shall proceed, upon due and reasonable notice to the parties, which shall not be less than 20 days, to hear all evidence”; no method specified); but see K.S.A. 44-520a (claim for compensation must be “served upon the employer by delivering such written claim to him…”
Pyeatt v. Roadway Express, Inc., 756 P.2d 438 (Kan. 1988). · cites it 5× “The Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion, held that claimant’s failure to file a claim for the second injury, pursuant to K.S.A. 44-520a(a), precluded him from receiving benefits for the second injury, even though extensive proof of the second accident was offered at the…”
Rogers v. Alt-a&m Jv LLC, 364 P.3d 1206 (Kan. Ct. App. 2015). “29, effective May 15, 2011) read: “No proceedings for compensation shall be maintainable under the workmen’s compensation act unless a written claim for compensation shall be served upon the employer by delivering such mitten claim to him or his duly authorized agent, or by…”
Weaver v. Shanklin Walnut Co., 293 P. 950 (Kan. 1930). · cites it 2× “Section 44-520a of the 1930 supplement to the Revised Statutes of 1923, in part, reads: “No proceedings for compensation shall be maintainable hereunder unless a written claim for compensation shall be served upon the employer by de *773 livering such written claim to him or his…”
Taylor v. Armour & Co., 348 P.2d 632 (Kan. 1960). · cites it 4× “) The claim filed under section 44-520a in this case was typed on a printed form, and the only possible fault therein was that in the blank asking for the date of the accident there appeared the following words: “Approx, one year ago.”
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— K.S.A. § 44-520a(a) — 7 cases
Angleton v. Starkan, Inc., 828 P.2d 933 (Kan. 1992). “On cross-appeal, Bobbie Angleton takes issue with the district court holding that K.S.A. 44-520a(a) bars her claim for compensation.”
Pyeatt v. Roadway Express, Inc., 756 P.2d 438 (Kan. 1988). “The Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion, held that claimant’s failure to file a claim for the second injury, pursuant to K.S.A. 44-520a(a), precluded him from receiving benefits for the second injury, even though extensive proof of the second accident was offered at the…”
Rogers v. Alt-a&m Jv LLC, 364 P.3d 1206 (Kan. Ct. App. 2015). “29, effective May 15, 2011) read: “No proceedings for compensation shall be maintainable under the workmen’s compensation act unless a written claim for compensation shall be served upon the employer by delivering such mitten claim to him or his duly authorized agent, or by…”
Lawrence v. Cobler, 915 P.2d 157 (Kan. Ct. App. 1996). “The Board reversed the decision, finding that Lawrence’s claim for compensation was not timely filed as required by K.S.A. 44-520a and K.S.A. 44-557(c). Lawrence appealed to this court.”
Shields v. J. E. Dunn Constr. Co., 946 P.2d 94 (Kan. Ct. App. 1997).
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