McDougle v. Department of Labor & Industries

64 Wn.2d 640 (1964)

393 P.2d 631

CECIL McDOUGLE, Appellant,

v.

THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, Respondent.[*]

No. 36374.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 25, 1964.

William A. Stiles, Jr., for appellant.

The Attorney General, John J. Quine and Franklin K. Thorp, Assistants, Bell, Ingram & Smith, and Louis A. Bell, for respondent.

HILL, J.

We are here concerned with an application for the reopening of a claim for treatment because of a pre-existing industrial injury.

This case points up a misunderstanding shared by the Department of Labor and Industries, the Board of Industrial…