Ray v. Industrial Insurance Commission
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lewis county, Rice, J., entered December 12, 1916, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, awarding a claim for compensation from the accident fund, upon appeal from a decision of the industrial insurance commission.
1Opinion of the CourtWebster, J.
On May 28, 1914, Logan Murphy, while engaged in an extra hazardous occupation included within the scope of chapter 74, Laws of 1911, p. 345 (Rem. Code, § 6604-1 et seq.), commonly known as the workmen’s compensation act, received an injury which resulted in the total loss of his left eye. This injury constituted a permanent partial disability as defined by the act, and under the schedule of allowances as fixed by the industrial insurance commission, entitled him to an award of $850 from the accident fund. In due time and in the manner provided by law, he filed with the commission his claim…
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