Department of Labor & Industries v. Kinville

Claimant Kathleen Kinville appeals from a Superior Court order reversing the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals' allowance of her occupational disease claim for a psychiatric condition. The crucial issue on appeal is whether claimant's psychiatric condition constitutes a compensable occupational disease under the Washington Industrial Insurance Act. RCW 51.08.140. We hold that claimant's condition fails to qualify as an occupational disease because it did not arise naturally and proximately out of claimant's employment. Accordingly, we affirm the holding of the trial court.

Claimant…