Cline v. Department of Labor & Industries

On September 9, 1953, Earl W. Cline died of a heart attack while working with a boom crew for Crown Zellerbach Corporation. On October 13, 1953, the widow filed her claim for a pension. The department of labor and industries rejected the claim on October 16, 1953, and the widow appealed to the board of industrial insurance appeals, which, after holding hearings, sustained the order of the department. Whereupon, the widow appealed to the superior court of Clallam county, where the jury returned a verdict reversing the order of the board. The employer has appealed to this court.

The attack…