Shufeldt v. Department of Labor & Industries

Appellant, an injured workman under the industrial insurance act, appeals from a judgment dismissing his appeal to the superior court from adverse orders of the Supervisor of Industrial Insurance and the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals deciding that there was no relationship of cause and effect between his compensable injury and a disabling heart condition.

Following leg surgery, the attending physician reported to the Supervisor of Industrial Insurance that the surgery had resulted in injury to the heart. Whereupon, the Super visor of Industrial Insurance closed the workman’s claim with…