Collins v. Department of Labor & Industries

This very simple industrial insurance case involves only a dispute of fact on which the jury’s verdict is conclusive. 2

Respondent reported his injury, which was adjudicated compensable by the industrial insurance division of the department of labor and industries.

Subsequent to the closing of the claim, respondent made application for a reopening on the ground that his condition had become worse since the last closing. Pursuant thereto, the supervisor of industrial insurance reopened the claim, ordered hospitalization and medical aid, and under date of December 24, 1953, upon medical reports,…