Dinnis v. Department of Labor & Industries

— This is an appeal by the Department of Labor and Industries from a judgment of the superior court (Pend Oreille County) directing the department

[T]o place the claimant on the pension rolls of the department as a permanently and totally disabled workman, effective the date his claim was last closed, June 5, 1962.

The claimant, Glen Dinnis, had sustained an injury to his back in the course of his employment. Treatment included surgery in which a protruded intervertebral disc was re moved and his spine was fused from the fourth lumbar vertebra to the sacrum. His claim had been closed on March…