Laws v. Department of Labor & Industries

Tbe respondent was injured while employed by tbe county welfare board of King county in painting tbe interior of a building occupied as a work room or shop by tbe board. Tbe county welfare board was tbe local branch or subsidiary of tbe Washington Emergency Relief Administration (commonly called W E R A), a state agency created by chapter 8, Laws of 1933, p. 103 (Rem. Rev. Stat. (Sup.), § 9992-1 [P. C. § 4418-41] et seq.).

What is called the department of safety and injury relief, seemingly a division of tbe W E R A, took cognizance of tbe injuries, paid certain sums to tbe respondent for time…