LIGHTLE v. DEP'T OF L. & INDUS.

No. 38411.

68 Wn.2d 507 (1966)

413 P.2d 814

ESTELLE H. LIGHTLE, Respondent, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

April 28, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Attorney General and Virginia O. Binns, Assistant, for appellant.

Dwight A. Halstead, for respondent.


OTT, J.

John Edwin Lightle, a farm workman for Washington State University, was injured on November 2, 1961, while engaged in the course of his employment. February 2, 1962, he filed a claim with the Department of Labor and Industries. August 16, 1962, the department rejected the claim on the ground that the claimant's injury was a heart condition which did not result from an industrial injury or from an occupational disease, as defined by the act.

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