Allied Stores Corp. v. Department of Labor & Industries

Allied Stores Corporation, doing business in Spokane as The Bon Marche, appeals from a judgment that sustained an order of the Board of Industrial Insurance *139Appeals that, in turn, sustained a previous order of the supervisor of industrial insurance, directing payment of $5,816.70 time-loss compensation to respondent John A. Gaffney.

Appellant, in its brief, queries:

“. . . (1) Was the claimant, Gaffney, a workman covered by the Workmen’s Compensation Act when injured, and (2) is appellant precluded by the rule of res judicata from raising the first issue?”

Claimant Gaffney was employed as a…