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

No. 39518.

74 Wn.2d 96 (1968)

442 P.2d 1000

DOROTHY L. MERCER, Appellant, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

July 3, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.D. Searle, for appellant.

The Attorney General and Gosta E. Dagg, Assistant, and Jerome Walstead, for respondent.

HUNTER, J.

The plaintiff (appellant) sought to establish her right to a widow's pension under RCW 51.32.050, and appealed an unfavorable decision of the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals to the Lewis County Superior Court, which dismissed the case for insufficient evidence.

The plaintiff's husband, Ray R. Mercer, injured his left hand in a logging accident on May 18, 1962, and she claims that this injury caused him to later take his own life, on January...

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