Hodgkinson v. Department of Labor & Industries

This industrial insurance appeal presents a single problem, the right of a workman’s widow to a pension where his death from heart disease was attributable to the exertion incident to the performance of his usual duties. The widow has appealed from a judgment of dismissal.

The workman was fifty-five years of age. For approximately a year and one half, he drove a truck for Safeway stores, and, on January 19, 1954, began his labors as usual at eight a. m. He drove a van-type truck from Seattle to, Puyallup and arrived during the noon hour. After lunch, he started to unload the truck, the maximum…