LINE OF DUTY DISABILITY BENEFITS – LEOFF

The Washington State Court of Appeals for Division 2 recently ruled in favor of our client, Frank Shaw, in an appeal we had taken from a decision of the Department of Retirement Systems.  The issue involved in the appeal was the correct legal test the Department of Retirement Systems is required to apply to determine […]

PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’S BACK

Frequently, workers compensation claims boil down to medical causation.  That is, whether your condition is, in part, related to your industrial injury or occupational disease/repetitive trauma. The key here is the “in part” requirement. There can be several factors contributing to your condition, such as age, arthritis, smoking, obesity, etc.  However, only part of your condition […]

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