Johnson v. Department of Labor & Industries

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of dismissal entered when the trial court granted defendant’s motion for judgment n.o.v., after a jury had returned a verdict finding that plaintiff was totally and permanently disabled from engaging in any gainful employment.

The plaintiff suffered a head injury in - an industrial accident on December 9, 1947, while employed as a vat man by the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company at its Olympia plant. He filed his claim with the department of labor and industries. On January 10, 1949, his claim was closed with a permanent partial disability award of forty per…