STAFFORD v. LABOR & INDUSTRIES

No. 5071-4-II.

33 Wn. App. 231 (1982)

653 P.2d 1350

JEAN A. STAFFORD, Appellant, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

November 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H.S. Brucker, Lynn D. Weir, and Richard B. Price, for appellant.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Charles R. Bush, Assistant, for respondent.


PETRICH, J.

This is a review of an order of the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals (Board) affirming the Department of Labor and Industries' (Department) denial of benefits sought under RCW 7.68, hereafter referred to as the crime victims compensation act (CVC). The Superior Court affirmed the Board's order. The central issue is whether the Board erred in requiring the claimant to prove that the victim of a criminal act was also innocent. We also affirm.

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