Court Opinion

ID: 9560773
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Date Created: 2023-08-21 17:55:42.550588+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:13:11.342715
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Foster, J.
(dissenting) — In addition to the reasons stated in my dissent in Windust v. Department of Labor & Industries, ante p. 33, 323 P. (2d) 241, I dissent here because the evidence brings the case within Porter v. Department of Labor & Industries, 51 Wn. (2d) 634, 320 P. (2d) 1099.
The post-mortem examination disclosed death was due to coronary insufficiency induced by overexertion, the exact language being coronary atherosclerosis with insufficiency terminating with a coronary thrombosis and pulmonary congestion.
A clot of blood, which the doctors declared was a relatively recent one, was found in a vessel of the heart. There was abundant medical testimony that the exertion precipitated the clot which caused the death. On the other hand, there was substantial testimony to the contrary; but, on the motion to dismiss, the evidence, with all reasonable inferences therefrom, must be considered in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. The evidence was sharply in conflict, but that presented an issue of fact for the jury’s determination.
I dissent.
Finley and Rosellini, JJ., concur with Foster, J.