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RAVSTEN v. DEPT. OF LABOR & INDUS.

No. 52217-1.

108 Wn.2d 143 (1987)

736 P.2d 265

KEVIN RAVSTEN, Respondent, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 7, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Walthew, Warner, Keefe, Arron, Costello & Thompson, by Eugene Arron and Robert H. Thompson, for respondent.

CALLOW, J.

This case involves the extent of the responsibility of the Department of Labor and Industries to a permanently and totally disabled worker for payment of attorney's fees in a structured settlement. The workman was injured on the job on February 17, 1977, by third parties. RCW 51.24.010, then in effect (now repealed), which governed third party actions read in pertinent part:

If the injury to a workman is due to negligence or wrong of another not...

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