Department of Labor & Industries v. Denny

In 1992, Patricia Denny recalled a repressed memory of sexual molestation that had occurred 23 years earlier when she was almost five years old. Denny sought time loss payments from the Department of Labor and Industries (Department) under the Crime Victims Compensation Act (Act). Initially, the Department paid the time loss claim but, in 1993, determined it had erred in paying. Denny appealed the Department decision to an Industrial Appeals Judge (IAJ), who ruled that Denny should be paid time loss compensation. After the Department’s appeal to the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals…