Author: Omeed Ghaffari
Reassessing an injured worker’s status for permanent total disability following a reopening application in Washington workers’ compensation
An injured worker is permanently and totally disabled within the meaning of the Industrial Insurance Act when, as a result of the industrial injury, he/she…
Limitations on compensability for treating conditions impeding recovery in Washington
Under the compensable consequences doctrine, the consequences for a compensable industrial injury are considered to be part and parcel of the injury itself. The Board…
Applying Dispositive Motions to Presumption Claims in Washington
The Hanford Presumption was created in HB 1723 back in March of 2018. It created a presumption that certain diseases and conditions, enumerated in RCW…