WEYERHAEUSER v. BD. OF INDUS. INS. APPEALS

No. 26046-8-II.

27 P.3d 1194 (2001)

107 Wash.App. 505

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, a self-insured employer, Appellant, v. BOARD OF INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE APPEALS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

July 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack S. Eng, Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way, for Appellant.

Jean Marie Wilkinson, Asst. Atty. General, Olympia, for Respondent.


MORGAN, J.

The issue is what standard of comparison to use when analyzing whether a worker has prevailed in an employer's appeal to the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals. We hold that the standard is the worker's original claim, not the order appealed from. Because the Board and the superior court used that standard, we affirm.

In each of four separate cases, a Weyerhaeuser employee claimed worker's compensation benefits due to job-caused hearing loss...

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