Sorenson v. Department of Labor & Industries

This is an appeal by a workman, Edwin C. Sorenson, also known as William Sorenson (sometimes spelled Sorensen), from a judgment of the superior court sustaining an order of the joint board of the department of labor and industries rejecting his claim under the workmen’s compensation act. The history of the controversy leading up to the appeal may be summarized as follows:

On January 10, 1929, appellant, who was then in the employ of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, the employer respondent in the present case, suffered severe injuries to his right leg and ankle and to the bones of both his feet…