Wissink v. Department of Labor & Industries

The Northwest Magnesite Company has appealed from a judgment of the superior court for Stevens county entered upon the verdict of a jury. The jury found that the department of labor and industries had not made a sufficient award to respondent for injuries he had sustained, and made an additional award of 30% permanent partial unspecified disability.

The appellant assigns as error the denial of its motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or in the alternative for a new trial, but its main argument is directed to the former.

On April 14, 1949, the respondent, while in the employ of…