Royse v. Department of Labor & Industries

This action was tried in the lower court without a jury in order to compel the joint board of the department of labor and industries to grant a rehearing to claimant. From the order entered by the trial court, on June 25, 1937, directing the joint board of the department to grant a rehearing to claimant, the state appeals.

Respondent filed his claim on November 21, 1936, with the department covering an accident alleged to have occurred on October 18, 1936. The claimant, a glue mixer, in the employ of Elliott Bay Mill Co. of Seattle, asserted that he suffered a right and left inguinal hernia…