State v. Owen

This is an appeal by a workman, who sustained injuries covered under the workmen’s compensation-act, from a judgment of the superior court for King county, decreeing that he should refund to the department of labor and industries the payments which he had received on account of time loss and medical expenses. The facts in the case are undisputed; the only question is whether they support the judgment.

On February 18, 1954, the appellant, employed as a sling-man for Griffiths & Sprague Stevedoring Company, sustained severe injuries when his gloved hand was caught in a winch, which lifted him…