Legal Opinion

Thiel v. Department of Labor & Industries

Washington Supreme Court

Decided May 26, 1960No. 35085Published

1Opinion of the Court

56 Wn.2d 259 (1960)

352 P.2d 185

INEZ L. THIEL, Respondent,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, Appellant.[1]

No. 35085.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 26, 1960.

The Attorney General and William J. Van Natter, Assistant, for appellant.

Boose & Garrison, for respondent.

HILL, J.

This is another heart case. An application by the widow of a workman for a pension under our workmen's compensation act was denied by the department of labor and industries; the supervisor of industrial insurance having concluded that the workman's death was due to a heart involvement and not "to any act or…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Sentilles v. Inter-Caribbean Shipping Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
  4. Sullivan v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
  5. Stampas v. Department of Labor & IndustriesWashington Supreme Court · 1951

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