Epley v. Department of Labor & Industries

(specially concurring) — In Anthony v. National Fruit Canning Co., 185 Wash. 637, 56 P. (2d) 688, the question there presented was whether, where a woman workman dies as a result of injury in extra-hazardous employment, her minor children and the surviving husband, who was not an invalid, could maintain an action under the wrongful death statute against the employer. We held in effect that, while a right of action could not be maintained under the wrongful death statute against the employer, the minor children were entitled to compensation under the workmen’s compensation act.

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