Allen v. Department of Labor & Industries

— Plaintiff, Eddie M. Allen, appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court granting the Department of Labor and Industries' motion to dismiss on the basis of insufficient evidence to support a jury verdict.

The record before the Superior Court established the following facts. Plaintiff was born in 1918. After graduating from high school in 1940, he went to work in the forests of the Olympic Peninsula. He started out as a "whistle punk" and progressed through various other jobs such as "setting chokers," "chasing on the landing," "hook tender," and "climbing," all of which involved hard…