Ziegler v. Department of Labor & Industries

The Weyerhaeuser Company, employer, appeals from a judgment awarding Ernest Ziegler, a former employee and the claimant herein, an additional 22% percent of the maximum allowable for unspecified disabilities resulting from an industrial injury which occurred December 9, 1957.

The appellant claims, among other things, that the claimant’s medical testimony failed to segregate the amount of disability attributable to the industrial accident as opposed to that attributable to a preexisting unrelated condition of osteoarthritis. We agree.

On December 9, 1957, claimant suffered an injury to his low…