Clark v. Board of Police Pension Fund Commissioners

While serving as a policeman in the city of Yakima on October 31,1931, E. Paul Clark was disabled as a result of accidental injury sustained while riding a motorcycle. His injuries consisted of a fracture of the lower end of the right femur, approximately two inches above the condyles, and a fracture of the third and fourth metatarsal bones.

Clark was confined in the hospital for three months, and thereafter at his home, in a cast, for a period of several weeks. He was unable to walk without assistance for a continuous period of about four months following the accident. As a result of the…