Abbott v. Department of Labor & Industries

Hill, C. J.,

This is a heart case. The question presented is the familiar one of the sufficiency of the evidence to take the case to the jury on the issue of whether the coronary occlusion which resulted in the death of a workman was caused by an injury sustained in the course of his employment while under the workmen’s compensation act.

The deceased workman, Harold M. Abbott, was a faller and bucker. While working in the woods May 3, 1951, he was struck on the nose by a steel wedge. He received a severe gash, which bled profusely, and was off work for about ten days. After he returned to work,…