Spokane Methodist Homes, Inc. v. Department of Labor & Industries

(dissenting)—I in no way disagree with the majority view that abrogation of the doctrine of charitable immunity does not thereby bring charitable institutions under the workmen’s compensation laws. Charitable immunity is a rule of tort liability created by judicial decision, which could be, and was, abrogated by judicial decision. Workmen’s compensation is statutory, created by statute, governed by statute and can only be extended by statute.

In the case of Thurston County Chapter, American Nat’l Red Cross v. Department of Labor & Indus., 166 Wash. 488, 7 P.2d 577 (1932), this court said the…