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GHEBREMICHALE v. DEPT. OF LABOR

No. 39209-3-I.

962 P.2d 829 (1998)

Tecle GHEBREMICHALE, Deceased. Elsa Ghebreghiorghis, Widow, Respondent, v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered August 28, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Catherine Walsh, Attorney General's Ofc, Labor & Industry Div., Olympia, for Appellant.

Joseph Albert Albo, Thomas G. Hall & Associates, Seattle, for Respondent.

OPINION

KENNEDY, Chief Judge.

The Department of Labor and Industries appeals the superior court's judgment awarding Elsa Ghebreghiorghis industrial insurance benefits as the surviving spouse of Tecle Ghebremichale. The Department contends that the superior court lacked jurisdiction to vacate the decree dissolving Ghebreghiorghis and Ghebremichale's marriage after Ghebremichale's death.

Because Ghebremichale died before Ghebreghiorghis moved to vacate...

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