Olympia Brewing Co. v. Department of Labor & Industries

On July 17,1946, William Burr Smith was found unconscious at his place of employment, and died shortly thereafter. Mrs. Smith applied to the department of labor and industries for a widow’s pension, under the provisions of the workmen’s compensation act. The supervisor of industrial insurance allowed the claim and, in accordance with Rem. Rev. Stat. (Sup.), § 7676 [P.P.C. §717-1], ordered that the accident cost experience of the employer be charged with the sum of forty-five hundred dollars.

From that order, the employer applied for a rehearing before the joint board of the department, which…