Bryant v. Department of Labor & Industries

Swanson, A.C.J.

Mrs. Bettye Bryant filed a claim for benefits under the Industrial Insurance Act, claiming her husband's fatal stroke was the result of an industrial injury. The department rejected the claim finding that Mr. Bryant's death was due to natural causes and was not the result of an industrial injury or occupational disease. On review, the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals sustáined the department's order rejecting the claim. Mrs. Bryant appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict upholding the board's determination.

The decedent, William R. Bryant, operated a real estate…