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  • Court of Appeals publishes troubling Maphet decision

    • Law
    • Workers' Compensation
    • Labor & Industries

    Nov. 1, 2019

    Just in time for Halloween, Division II of the state Court of Appeals in Tacoma issued an order this week publishing a case first decided in August that has sent a scare throughout the self-insured employer community.

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  • Washington Supreme Court decision raises serious questions about finality of workers' comp adjudications

    • WSIA News
    • Workers' Compensation
    • Labor & Industries
    • Law

    Oct. 18, 2019

    Will Weaver go down as a one-off where the court willingly looked beyond things that may be "true in theory" in order to give a sympathetic claimant another shot at a pension, or will it fundamentally re-order workers' compensation practice, incentivizing scores of litigants to refile previously litigated claims, arguing they lacked sufficient economic motivation to pursue their appeal when it was "just" for time loss, or "just" for treatment (or so on), but now is for a much more valuable benefit like a pension?

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  • Over $73,000 raised to support Kids' Chance of Washington at Safeco Field gala

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    • Workers' Compensation

    Nov. 9, 2018

    Nearly 200 WSIA members, colleagues, and folks from all facets of the workers' comp community in Washington turned out in force at Safeco Field last night for our "Field of Dreams II" gala to benefit Kids' Chance of Washington

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  • First look at the new self-insurance rules proposal

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    • Labor & Industries
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    • WSIA News

    Sept. 6, 2018

    Earlier this week, the Department of Labor & Industries published for public comment a series of proposed administrative rules that, taken together, form the first major attempt to modernize self-insurance regulations in decades. 

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  • Court of Appeals holds for firefighter in peculiar comp decision

    • Law
    • Labor & Industries
    • Workers' Compensation

    July 18, 2018

    It's another case of sympathetic facts + liberal construction equals unpredictable law and unfavorable precedent.

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  • Workers' comp benefits to increase 5 percent July 1

    • Labor & Industries
    • Workers' Compensation

    June 28, 2018

    Workers' compensation disability payments will increase five percent for most workers effective July 1st, based on calculations released this week by the Employment Security Department

    https://esd.wa.gov/newsroom/washingtons-average-wage-nears-61900-in-2017

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  • Comparing & contrasting PTSD legislation in Washington and Florida

    • Workers' Compensation
    • Legislation & Regulation

    March 16, 2018

    Washington and Florida legislatures both passed PTSD bills for first responders and both states’ governors are considering whether to sign them. Both have interesting similarities and differences. Perhaps not surprisingly, Washington’s version goes much, much further.

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  • WSIA's 2018 Legislative Wrap-Up

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    • WSIA News

    March 9, 2018

    Here's a run-down of what happened in issues of concern to the workers' compensation and safety community.

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