Hastings v. Department of Labor & Industries

This action arose out of a workman’s claim for compensation, under the industrial insurance act. The cause reached the superior court upon the record made before the joint board of the department of labor and industries. Both the department and the employer of the workman resisted the claim. The cause was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict, based upon its answers to certain interrogatories, favorable to the workman. From a judgment on the verdict, the employer alone appealed. The workman will hereinafter be referred to as respondent, and the employer, E. C. Miller Cedar Lumber Company,…