Park v. Department of Labor & Industries

One J. G-. Park was killed July 12, 1933, by a fall from a bridge then under construction in Kainier national park. Eight days later, the widow, Ethel S. Park, filed with the department of labor and industries her claim for a pension, together with an accident report, in which the deceased was described as a bridge subcontractor. The department rejected the widow’s claim and also refused to pay the funeral expenses; all upon the ground that the deceased was not a workman, but was a subcontractor, and had not taken steps to bring himself within the act. Upon the rejection of her claim, Mrs.…