Dennis v. Department of Labor & Industries

Brachtenbach, J. —

The Department of Labor and Industries seeks reversal of a Court of Appeals decision awarding workers' compensation to respondent Kenneth Dennis for disability resulting from an occupational disease. Dennis v. Department of Labor & Indus., 44 Wn. App. 423, 722 P.2d 1317 (1986). We affirm.

Dennis, a sheet metal worker, quit working due to dis abling osteoarthritis in his wrists. He filed a disability claim with the Department, which denied the claim on the basis that Dennis had not sustained an industrial injury and that his disease was not an occupational disease. Dennis…