Miller v. Department of Labor & Industries

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court sustaining the department of labor and industries in disallowing a widow’s claim for pension.

Woodson Miller, the husband of the claimant, suffered an injury while engaged in extrahazardous work, for which he filed a claim for time loss. The claim was disallowed by the supervisor of industrial insurance, and he appealed to the joint board. While the claim was pending there, Mr. Miller died, the cause of death being nephritis, generally called Bright’s disease. Flora L. G. Miller, the widow, was substituted as claimant. The claim was…