MANOR v. NESTLE FOOD CO.

No. 63133-6.

932 P.2d 628 (1997)

131 Wash.2d 439

Paul E. MANOR and Lynette Manor, husband and wife, Respondents, v. NESTLE FOOD COMPANY, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided March 13, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rolland, O'Malley, Williams & Wyckoff, Wayne L. Williams, Olympia, for petitioner.

John H. McKean, Moses Lake, for respondent.

Craig A. Staples, Vancouver, for Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Washington Self-Insurers Ass'n.


TALMADGE, Justice.

Nestle Food Company (Nestle), a self-insured employer, paid more than $455,000 in medical and time-loss benefits to Paul Manor for a workplace injury he sustained. Now Manor wants to sue Nestle for the same injury. He asserts WAC 296-15-023(2), which declares Nestle to be Manor's employer, is invalid. Employing the standard of review set forth in our State's Administrative Procedure Act (APA), we hold the regulation is valid, and Nestle is therefore...

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