Delagrave v. Employment Security Department
Court of Appeals of Washington
1Opinion of the Court
¶1 Don Delagrave seeks to reduce his obligation to the Employment Security Department (ESD) arising from overpayments it made to him. Mr. Delagrave received overlapping benefits from ESD and the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) when he received a lump-sum retroactive time loss settlement from L&I that covered the same period he was receiving ESD benefits. He *601argues we should apply the “common fund” doctrine to require ESD to pay a share of the attorney fees he expended for the recovery of funds on ESD’s behalf from L&I. After paying his attorney, full repayment to ESD will result in a…
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