Scarino v. Saif Corp.

Petitioner seeks review of a third-party distribution order of the Workers’ Compensation Board. She is the surviving spouse of a worker who died of an occupational disease; compensation was paid by SAIF. She was also the personal representative of his estate in Washington. As such, she brought a wrongful death action in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington against various manufacturers and suppliers of the asbestos which caused the decedent’s disease. After she obtained a judgment of approximately $250,000 in that action, she filed a “ratification of…