Halder v. Department of Labor & Industries

— Arthur Haider suffered a severe stroke on June 5, 1949. He claimed compensation under the workmen’s compensation act for the resulting temporary disability and medical expense. It was and is his position that the stroke was caused by injuries sustained in an industrial accident on May 28, 1949. The supervisor of industrial insurance rejected the claim upon the ground that Haider’s condition was not the result of the injury alleged.

The supervisor’s order was sustained by the board of industrial insurance appeals. Haider appealed to the superior court, where the case was tried before a jury.…