Arriaga v. Department of Labor & Industries

¶[1 When a final industrial insurance order, decision, or award is based on a medical determination, a physician is deemed an interested party. In such a case, the Department of Labor and Industries (Department) must provide notice of the order, decision, or award to both the physician and the claimant. Failure to provide notice tolls the 60-day appeal period. At issue here *819is whether a segregation order was communicated to a claimant’s physician when the physician did not see the order because of a breakdown in mail handling procedures in his office. We hold that the order was communicated…