Sawyer v. Department of Labor & Industries

On October 31, 1950, Lydia Virginia Sawyer filed a claim for a widow’s pension with the department of labor and industries. This claim was rejected by the supervisor of industrial insurance on November 9, 1950, on the ground that her husband’s death was not caused by an industrial injury or an occupational disease within the meaning of the workmen’s compensation act.

On November 24, 1950, the widow appealed from the supervisor’s order to the board of industrial insurance appeals, alleging that, immediately prior to the decedent’s death, he was permanently and totally disabled from engaging in…