Rode v. Department of Labor & Industries

The issue here, on the application of Martha M. Rode to the department of labor and industries for a widow’s pension, is whether there was any causal connection between her husband’s employment and the coronary thrombosis which caused his death. The issue presented is factual and has three times been decided adversely to Mrs. Rode, first by the supervisor of industrial insurance, next by the board of industrial insurance appeals, and then by the superior court for Snohomish county. Our determination of that issue is likewise adverse.

It is conceded that Mrs. Rode’s husband died at his place of…