Gillmer v. Department of Labor & Industries

The supervisor of industrial insurance granted a petition to reopen an industrial insurance claim upon the ground of aggravation. Subsequently, the claim *388was closed with an additional award of twenty-five per cent of the maximum allowable for unspecified permanent partial disability. Does this admit the fact of aggravation so that it need not thereafter be proved in an appeal to the board of industrial insurance appeals?

In granting respondent’s motion to dismiss for want of sufficient evidence, the trial court said:

“It seems to me that the motions of the employer and of the department are…