Boyer v. Department of Labor & Industries

The department of labor and industries denied plaintiff’s claim for permanent total disability by reason of lymphatic leukemia, following an injury, and awarded to him compensation for fifteen degrees permanent partial disability. Plaintiff appealed to the superior court, which reversed the order of the department and entered judgment in favor of the claimant. Prom that judgment, the department has appealed.

On June 5,1928, while respondent was in the employ of the Bay City Lumber Company, his right foot was injured by the falling thereon of a slab weighing two hundred pounds. Prior to his…