Hajrudin KUSTURA, Gordana Lukić, Maida Memišević, Petitioners,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, Respondent.
Enver Meštrovac, Petitioner,
v.
Department of Labor and Industries and Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals, Respondents.
Ivan Ferenćak, Petitioner,
v.
Department of Labor and Industries and Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals, Respondents.
Emira Resulović, Petitioner
v.
Department of Labor and Industries, Respondent.
Ferid Mašić, Petitioner
v.
Department of Labor and Industries, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 20, 2009.
Decided June 17, 2010.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Ann Pearl Owen, Ann Pearl Owen, P.S., Seattle, WA, for Petitioners.
Spencer Walter Daniels, Johnna Skyles Craig, Jay Douglas Geck, Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, Masako Kanazawa, John R. Wasberg, Office of the Attorney General, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.
Christie Lynn Snyder, Nancy Lynn Talner, Sarah A. Dunne, Seattle, WA, Amicus Counsel for ACLU of Washington Foundation.
Pamela Jo DeVet, Franklin Dennis Cordell, Gordon Tilden Thomas & Cordell L.L.P., Seattle, WA Amicus Counsel for ACLU of Washington Foundation & Washington State Court Interpreter and Translator Society.
Kelly Ann Owen, Bellingham, WA, Katherine Frances Laner, Seattle, WA, Patrick Michael Pleas, Wenatchee, WA, Amicus Counsel for Northwest Justice Project.
Paula Tuckfield Olson, Law Office of Paula T. Olson, Tacoma, WA, Amicus Counsel for Washington Self-Insurer Association.
Bryan Patrick Harnetiaux, Michael J. Pontarolo, Spokane, WA, Kelby Dahmer Fletcher, Stokes Lawrence, Seattle, WA, Amicus Counsel for Washington State Association for Justice Foundation & Washington State Trial Lawyers Association Foundation.
George M. Ahrend, Ahrend Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Moses Lake, WA, Amicus Counsel for Washington State Association for Justice Foundation.
Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.
J.M. JOHNSON, J.
¶ 1 This case requires us to define the contours of government-paid interpreter services for limited English proficiency (LEP) individuals under chapter 2.43 RCW. Petitioners are all LEP individuals who filed workers' compensation claims with the Department of Labor and Industries (Department). The Department determined each worker's compensation benefit, and petitioners appealed those decisions to the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals (Board...
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