SHAFER v. DEPARTMENT

No. 81049-4.

213 P.3d 591 (2009)

Kelly L. SHAFER, Respondent, v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES of the State of Washington, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided August 13, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Wasberg, Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, Jay Douglas Geck, Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, for Petitioners.

Philip Albert Talmadge, Sidney Charlotte Tribe, Talmadge/Fitzpatrick, Tukwila, WA, Jennifer Margareta Cross-Euteneier, Vail Cross-Euteneier & Associates, Tacoma, WA, for Respondents.

Stewart Andrew Estes, Keating Bucklin & McCormack, Mary Elizabeth Levenson, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Defense Trial Lawyers.

Bryan Patrick Harnetiaux, Michael J. Pontarolo, Attorney at Law, Spokane, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association for Justice Foundation.


ALEXANDER C.J.

¶ 1 The Department of Labor and Industries (Department) seeks reversal of a decision of the Court of Appeals in which that court held that a worker's compensation claim is not final unless and until the worker's attending physician receives a copy of the Department's order closing the claim. We hold that because the Department's failure to provide the worker's attending physician a copy of the closure order prevented the physician from appealing...

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