Nystrom v. Department of Labor & Industries

Sam Nystrom died June 6, 1930. The respondent, his widow, filed a claim with the department of labor and industries on March 16, 1931, asserting that Nystrom’s death was the result of injuries sustained in a logging operation. The department denied the claim, whereupon Mrs. Nystrom appealed to the joint board of the department, which affirmed the order of the department denying the claim. Thereupon, Mrs. Nystrom appealed to the superior court, before which trial was had upon the record made before the joint board. The superior court reversed the order of the joint board and entered judgment…