Pitts v. Department of Labor & Industries

Thomas H. Pitts, claimant herein, was, on or about June 16, 1945, employed by Cooperative Association Naval Supply Depot, at pier No. 91, Seattle, Washington, as a janitor in the cafeteria annex operated by the Cooperative. On December 9, 1945, Mr. Pitts, as a part of his duties, was on a ladder, washing windows, when he, in some manner, caught his foot on one of the rungs of the ladder and fell to the pavement, lighting on his right hip. He was thereafter hospitalized for about nine or ten days. Claimant stated that as a result of his fall his right leg is weak, and if he walks very much it…