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HARRIS v. LABOR & INDUSTRIES

No. 57875-3.

120 Wn.2d 461 (1993)

843 P.2d 1056

ALICE HARRIS, Appellant, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 21, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schroeter, Goldmark & Bender and Sidney S. Royer, for appellant.

Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General, and Maureen A. Mannix, Assistant, for respondent.

Bryan P. Harnetiaux, Robert H. Whaley, and Gary N. Bloom on behalf of Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, amicus curiae for appellant.

UTTER, J.

The appellant, Alice Harris, the widow of Jack Harris, challenges a reduction in her husband's workers' compensation benefits pursuant to RCW 51.32.225. RCW 51.32.225(1) provides for a reduction in workers' compensation benefits for those receiving Social Security retirement benefits. It contains an exception to the reduction where a worker was "receiving permanent total disability benefits prior to July 1, 1986." Harris urges this court to construe this...

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