Bodine v. Department of Labor & Industries

While working for Pacific Paperboard Company in extrahazardous employment on May 26, 1945, Henry Bodine was injured. His claim for compensation, January 21, 1946, was closed by the supervisor of industrial insurance, with an adjudication that he had not sustained any permanent partial disability. On January 26, 1946, he retained the services of the law firm of Kohlhase & Armstrong, duly licensed attorneys in this state, and entered into a written contract with them by which he was obliged to pay for their services an amount equal to one third of any sums they might recover for his disability.

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