Hoff v. Department of Labor & Industries

From a judgment of the superior court reversing an order of the joint board of the department of labor and industries with respect to a claim of an injured workman, the department and the employer of the injured claimant took separate appeals. Subsequently, on motion of the workman, the appeal of the department was dismissed, and the case has since proceeded on the appeal of the employer.

In April, 1931, respondent sustained an injury to his left leg, in consequence of which the leg was amputated below the knee. That injury, for which a claim was filed and, in January, 1933, was closed, is not…