ESTATE OF BOETTCHER

No. 5208-7-III.

35 Wn. App. 178 (1983)

665 P.2d 1378

In the Matter of the Estate of JAMES EDWARD BOETTCHER.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Three.

As amended by order July 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Gavin, Darlene Johnson, and Gavin, Robinson, Kendrick, Redman & Mays, for appellants.

Paul F. Blauert, Paul Robben, Robben & Blauert, Don W. Schussler, Nashem, Prediletto, Schussler & Halpin, Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and John D. Fairley, Assistant, for respondents.

Frank L. Kurtz, Kurtz & Hurley, and Charles C. Countryman, for guardians ad litem.


[As amended by order of the Court of Appeals July 8, 1983.]

GREEN, J.

The dispositive issue is whether the failure to obtain written approval from the Department of Labor and Industries (DLI) of a third party settlement renders that settlement void under RCW 51.24.090. We hold it does and affirm the court's vacating an order which approved the settlement.

Mountain States Construction was the general contractor...

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