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GORRE v. CITY OF TACOMA

No. 90620-3.

357 P.3d 625 (2015)

184 Wn.2d 30

Edward O. GORRE, Respondent, v. CITY OF TACOMA, Petitioner, and Department of Labor and Industries, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided August 27, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marne J. Horstman , Eric Jensen , Pratt Day & Stratton PLLC, Tacoma, WA, for Petitioner.

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

Ronald Gene Meyers , Tim Jeffrey Friedman , Matthew G. Johnson , Ron Meyers & Associates PLLC, Lacey, WA, for Respondent.

Kristopher Ian Tefft , Washington Self-Insurers Association, Olympia, WA, amicus counsel for Washington Self-insurers Association (WSIA).

¶ 1 This is an appeal from a denial of a workers' compensation claim. Under the Industrial Insurance Act (Act), Title 51 RCW, a worker injured in the course of employment suffers from an "occupational disease" and is entitled to certain benefits. The burden of proving an occupational disease generally falls on the worker. That is, to...

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