Frazier v. Department of Labor & Industries

Aubry Frazier claims that the Department of Labor and Industries (Department) improperly reduced his disability benefits by the amount of social security retirement benefits that he had been receiving. He argues that because he received a lump sum disability payment rather than monthly benefits, he was not a person “receiving compensation” as RCW 51.32.225 uses that phrase and, thus, there was no statutory authorization for the deduction. We disagree with this contention and with Frazier’s argument that the Department could not make the deduction without first adopting a rule that described…