Seese v. Department of Labor & Industries

An attorney inadvertently missed a deadline in appealing a widow’s claim to the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals. The state says this ends the claim, that it expired by statute when not appealed within 20 days.

Willia N. Seese is the widow of a Walla Walla policeman. Her husband, William, while carrying on the duties of sergeant of police, suffered a heart attack January 30, 1959, as the result of a sudden and extraordinary physical exertion. He filed a claim with the Department of Labor and Industries under RCW Title 51. Attributing the heart attack (myocardial infarction) to an…