PETERSEN v. DEPT. OF LAB. & IND.

No. 30900.

36 Wn.2d 266 (1950)

217 P.2d 607

MARTIN J. PETERSEN, Appellant, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

May 2, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walthew, Gershon, Yothers & Warner, for appellant.

The Attorney General and J. Arnold Cobley, Assistant, for respondent department of labor and industries.

B. Franklin Heuston, for respondent employer.


MALLERY, J.

This appeal is from a judgment for the department of labor and industries entered on a motion for nonsuit at the close of claimant's case upon his appeal to the superior court.

On January 26, 1934, appellant, a logger, scratched his left hand, which subsequently became infected. He consulted Dr. H.L. Kennedy, of Shelton, who hospitalized him and treated the infection, which had spread to his forearm...

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