Legal Opinion
Xenith Group, Inc. v. Department of Labor & Industries
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided March 26, 2012No. 66013-6-IPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Leach, A.C.J.
¶1 In Washington, every employer must secure workers’ compensation for its workers by insuring with the State or qualifying as a self- insurer.1 The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) appeals a superior court judgment reversing an employer premium assessment against Xenith Group Inc. The trial court found that Xenith, a home health care referral service, and its approximately 80 affiliated home care providers did not have the employer-employee relationship required for imposition of this obligation. Because Xenith and the care providers fall within the plain language of the…
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