Fochtman v. Department of Labor & Industries

— Plaintiff, Ray E. Fochtman, appeals from a judgment granting defendant’s motion to dismiss on the basis of insufficiency of the evidence to support a jury verdict. The judgment affirmed a decision of the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals. The Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals had sustained an order of the Department of Labor and Industries, which closed plaintiff’s claim with a permanent partial disability award of 20 per cent loss of function of the right arm at the shoulder.

Plaintiff contends he is totally and permanently disabled as a result of his industrial injury superimposed…