Weissman v. Department of Labor & Industries

This appeal presents a single question of law, viz: Does the record contain sufficient evidence to support the verdict of the jury in favor of appellant? The trial court determined this question in the negative and entered judgment in favor of respondent, notwithstanding the jury-verdict. The judgment had the effect of sustaining an order of the board of industrial insurance appeals which had sustained departmental orders denying (1) a workman’s claim for aggravation of a compensable industrial injury suffered by him prior to his death; and (2) the claim of his surviving spouse for a widow’s…