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Washington Law Center has recently fought legal battles throughout the Washington Courts, including at the Washington Supreme Court, before the Courts of Appeals, and even in specialized jurisdiction forums like the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals (BIIA), there winning more formally-designated Significant Decisions in the past year than any other…
2023-2024 COLA Maximum and Minimum Time Loss Rate in Washington State are now available.
New Washington Administrative Code (WAC) rules that set guidelines for independent medical examinations (IME) take effect on April 23, 2022. These rules were created and/or updated to support ESSB 6440, passed during the 2019-2020 legislative session. ESSB 6440 was passed unanimously by the legislature in response to abusive IME practices,…
On June 30, 2021, Washington Law Center learned that dozens of our injured worker clients were potentially affected by a data breach reportedly suffered as the result of a ransomware attack perpetrated against Pacific Market Research, a data collection firm hired by the Department of Labor & Industries.
2023-2024 Maximum and Minimum Time Loss Rate in Washington State are now available.
How is a Vocational Determination of the Director Challenged? It is well-settled that the decision to provide or not provide vocational services is discretionary and may only be challenged based on a showing of an abuse of discretion by the “supervisor,” also known as the “Director” of the Department of…
When an employer makes a return-to-work job offer to an injured worker, the job that is offered must be within a reasonable commuting distance in order for the job offer to be deemed valid. A reasonable commuting distance is determined by looking at the considerations set forth at WAC 296-19A-010(4),…
Recently, our firm was approached with a very humble inquiry from an individual on SSI for the past 20 years due to a disability that resulted from a work-related injury. The individual had been forced off of L&I benefits and had their claim closed without them being able to actually…
Determining Work-Relatedness (“Causal Relationship”) in Washington State Industrial Insurance Act matters: In completing causation analysis, objective physicians must consider the following applicable legal standards: a. An injured worker becomes eligible for Industrial Insurance Act coverages (medical or wage loss indemnity benefits such as time loss, LEP, PPD or…
The law is never perfect. It must adapt to reflect the needs of a changing society. It must be constantly renewed and reinvigorated, oftentimes by enacting reforms that have been enacted in other jurisdictions. It is a product of constant labor, both from within the setting of our courts, where…