Lawson v. Department of Labor & Industries

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Pierce County which dismissed an appeal from an order of the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals denying the claimant, Beatrice M. Lawson, a Widow’s pension.

The sole issue is whether there was sufficient evidence to justify submitting the case to the jury on the issue of whether the death of claimant’s husband was attributable to an injury sustained in the course of his employment.

The trial judge held that the evidence (construed most favorably to the claimant) did not establish that her husband was a “workman injured in the course…