Sorenson v. Department of Labor & Industries

The claim of Edwin C. Sorenson for compensation for injuries sustained by him January 10, 1929, while engaged in extrahazardous employment in the employ of Weyerhaeuser Timber Company was allowed by the department of labor and industries. Sorenson was classified as permanently and totally disabled, on which basis he was awarded a pension.

July 21, 1936, upon the petition of claimant, the department converted his pension into a lump sum payment of $2,795.90, which was fifty per cent of the computed value of his pension reserve at that time. The departmental order approving the settlement…