Nelson v. Industrial Insurance Department

Citations

• 104 Wash. 204
• 176 P. 15
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 1165

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant (121-2) — Injuries to Servant — Actions— Remedies Under Workmen’s Compensation Act — Evidence — Sufficiency. A finding of total partial disability in the loss of one eye as the result of an injury is sustained by evidence that the claimant’s eyesight was good before the accident and began to fail shortly after, coupled with the opinion of reputable oculists that the condition may have resulted from the accident.</p> <p>Same (121-2) — Costs—Expert Witness Fees. Costs and witness fees being purely statutory, the court has no discretion to allow extraordinary fees to expert witnesses under the workmen’s compensation act, Rem. Code, § 6604-20, which authorizes the court to allow a reasonable attorney’s fee and the “fees of medical and other witnesses,” out of the administration fund.</p>