Devoni v. Department of Labor & Industries

During the month of November, 1943, Joseph Devoni was employed by Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Company, in their plant at Winslow, Washington, as a shipfitter and grinder. February 25, 1944, Devoni filed with the department of labor and industries a report of an injury (evidently occupational) which he had suffered the “Latter part of Nov. 1943.” The report stated, in part:

“Patient grinds steel with a hand grindstone at the shipyard. Pt. has severe pain in chest, coughing, and difficulty in breathing. Condition believed caused by work.”

A statement by Devoni’s physician, Dr. J. W.…