Lightle v. Department of Labor & Industries

John Edwin Lightle, a farm workman for Washington State University, was injured on November 2, 1961, while engaged in the course of his employment. February 2, 1962, he filed a claim with the Department of Labor and Industries. August 16, 1962, the department rejected the claim on the ground that the claimant’s injury was a heart condition which did not result from an industrial injury or from an occupational disease, as defined by the act.

Mr. Lightle filed' notice of appeal to the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals on October 15, 1962. The appeal was granted by the board, and hearings…