Miller v. Department of Labor & Industries

The respondent, Alva J. Miller, a 35-year-old warehouse shipping foreman, claimed he suffered a heart attack while lifting a bale of unassembled cardboard *474apple boxes which had fallen from a forklift. The department rejected the claim and said this was part of his usual and routine duties and not an industrial injury as defined by RCW 51.08.100.* 1 The Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals sustained the department’s rejection of the claim. On appeal to the superior court, the jury’s verdict was contrary to the board’s finding, and a judgment of reversal was entered.

The employer, Western Kraft…