Devlin v. Department of Labor & Industries

This is an action to establish a claim for widow’s pension under the workmen’s compensation act. Trial before a jury resulted in a verdict for the claimant. From a judgment on the verdict, defendant has appealed.

For some time prior to May 8, 1934, Felix Devlin, respondent’s husband, was a steam engineer in the employ of the Seattle health department at its Firlands sanatorium some distance north of the city. His work shift varied from week to week. Some weeks it was from three o’clock in the afternoon until eleven o’clock at night; other weeks it was from eleven o’clock at night until seven…