DENNIS v. LABOR AND INDUSTRIES

No. 14354-9-I.

44 Wn. App. 423 (1986)

722 P.2d 1317

KENNETH E. DENNIS, Appellant, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

July 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Albo, Aaby, Knies, Robinson, Albo & Putman, Douglass North, and Hennings, Maltman, Weber & Reed, for appellant.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Gregg Rodgers, Assistant, for respondent.


HOLMAN, J.*

The central issue in this case is whether our workers' compensation act (Act) provides coverage for a disability directly caused by workplace aggravation of a previously nonsymptomatic, nondisabling disease. Under the Act, a worker is entitled to compensation to the extent of the disability when he or she demonstrates that the employment acted upon such a disease so as to cause a disability which did not previously exist.<...

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