Hodgen v. Department of Labor & Industries

This is an appeal by the department of labor and industries from a judgment of the superior court reversing an order of the department upon a claim for compensation under the industrial insurance act.

Claimant, Inez Hodgen, was injured in the course of her employment in an apple-packing plant in Yakima. She presented her claim to the supervisor and thereafter submitted herself to examination by a commission of three medical specialists selected by the department. Upon receipt of the medical report, the supervisor made an order to the effect that claimant’s existing disability was not due to…