Dessen v. Department of Labor & Industries

On June 22, 1935, Victor Otto Dessen lost his life by drowning. Seven days thereafter, Sam G. Bulldis, as his employer, filed with the department of labor and industries a formal report of fatal accident, and about a month thereafter respondent, as the widow of deceased, filed a claim with the same department for benefits under the workmen’s compensation act. A few days later, the claim was rejected, “after full consideration,” for the reason

“ . . . that death of the deceased was not due to an injury sustained in the course of extrahazardous employment within the meaning of the workmen’s…