HOLBROOK v. WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY

Nos. 57825-7, 57943-1, 57942-3.

118 Wn.2d 306 (1992)

822 P.2d 271

CHARLES HOLBROOK, Appellant, v. WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, ET AL, Respondents. WARREN VANKEIRSBILCK, Respondent, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, Appellant. GLORIA TWOMBLEY, Respondent, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Riecan and George M. Riecan & Associates, Inc., P.S., for appellant Holbrook.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Nancy Thygesen Day and Thomas R. Chapman, Assistants, for appellant State.

Kathryn D. Fewell, for respondent Weyerhaeuser Co.

Thomas A. Thompson, Daniel P. Thompson, and Walthew, Warner, Costello, Thompson & Eagan, for respondents Vankeirsbilck and Twombley.

Bryan P. Harnetiaux and Gary N. Bloom on behalf of Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, amicus curiae.

Wayne L. Williams on behalf of Washington Self-Insurers' Association and Association of Washington Business, amici curiae for respondent Weyerhaeuser Co.


DURHAM, J.

In Loudon v. Mhyre, 110 Wn.2d 675, 756 P.2d 138 (1988), this court prohibited ex parte contact between defendant's attorney and plaintiff's treating physician in a personal injury action. This case asks if that rule should be extended to proceedings before the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals (the Board). We hold that it should not...

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