Washington ex rel. Washington v. Donaldson's (Majac, Inc.)

WAHL, Justice.

Employee, James Washington, died on March 6, 1982, of asbestosis and carcinoma of the lungs. Relator, his widow, was awarded dependency compensation and accrued disability compensation by a compensation judge who determined that employee’s exposure to asbestos during his employment with Donaldson’s from 1973 through 1977 had contributed substantially to the diseases which caused his disability and death. She now seeks review of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals which reversed the award on the ground that employee had not sustained a compensable injury in…