DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES v. COOK

No. 32496.

44 Wn.2d 671 (1954)

269 P.2d 962

THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, Appellant, v. EULA A. COOK, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

April 30, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Attorney General, Henry Heckendorn and Richard F. Broz, Assistants, for appellant.

Walthew, Oseran & Warner, for respondent.

Clarence J. Coleman and Thomas G. McCrea, amici curiae.


HAMLEY, J.

The only question before us in this case is whether the department of labor and industries has the right to appeal to the superior court from an adverse decision of the board of industrial insurance appeals.

On June 20, 1949, the department paid Eula A. Cook the sum of twenty-four hundred dollars, as a lump sum settlement of a claim for permanent total disability. Nearly a year later, on May 8, 1950, Cook disputed the department's calculation of...

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