Cantu v. Department of Labor & Industries

¶1 — WestFarm Foods successfully challenged Jorge Cantu’s effort to reopen his industrial insurance claim in proceedings before the Department of Labor and Industries and the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals, but lost Mr. Cantu’s appeal seeking de novo review by the superior court. WestFarm appeals the court’s judgment and order that Mr. Cantu’s claim be reopened. We find that the trial court erred in concluding that WestFarm, although the prevailing party before the board, was obliged to appeal adverse board findings lest they be treated as verities, but we find the error to be…