CARNATION COMPANY, INC. v. HILL

No. 56566-0.

115 Wn.2d 184 (1990)

796 P.2d 416

CARNATION COMPANY, INC., Respondent, v. MADGE L. HILL, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

September 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calbom & Schwab, P.S.C., by Kathleen G. Kilcullen, for petitioner.

Rolland, O'Malley & Williams, by Wayne L. Williams, for respondent.

Bryan P. Harnetiaux, Wayne Lieb, and Gary N. Bloom on behalf of Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, amici curiae for respondent.


DOLLIVER, J.

On March 3, 1983, as she lifted large boxes from a conveyor belt to a pallet at Carnation's Moses Lake plant, Madge Hill injured her back. Since then she has not returned to work. On October 24, 1983, Hill filed a report of accident with the Department of Labor and Industries alleging an industrial injury.

The Department of Labor and Industries rejected Ms. Hill's claim finding her condition preexisted the injury alleged and was not the result...

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