Stratton v. Department of Labor & Industries

A judgment of the superior court reversed an order of the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals which held respondent R. E. Stratton to have a 100 per cent permanent partial disability. The cause was remanded to the Department of Labor and Industries with directions to place Mr. Stratton on a pension as a totally and permanently disabled workman. The Department appeals. The question raised herein is one of first impression.

Mr. Stratton sustained an industrial injury for which he ultimately received a permanent partial disability award of 70 per cent of the maximum allowable for unspecified…