GORRE v. CITY OF TACOMA

No. 43621-3-II.

324 P.3d 716 (2014)

Edward O. GORRE, Appellant and Cross Respondent, v. CITY OF TACOMA, Respondent and Cross Appellant, Department of Labor and Industries, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

April 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anastasia R. Sandstrom , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Kenneth B. Gorton , Gorton Law, University Place, WA, Ronald Gene Meyers , Tim Jeffrey Friedman , Ron Meyers & Associates PLLC, Lacey, WA, for Appellant/Cross-Respondent.

Marne J. Horstman , Pratt Day & Stratton PLLC, Tacoma, WA, for Respondent/Cross-Appellant.


HUNT, J.

¶ 1 Tacoma firefighter Lieutenant Edward O. Gorre appeals the superior court's affirmance of the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals' denial of his occupational disease claim under RCW 51.32.1851. Gorre argues that we should reverse because (1) he had separate diagnoses of "Valley Fever" and eosinophilic lung disease, which qualified for RCW 51.32.185's evidentiary presumption of occupational disease for firefighters; ...

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