Legal Opinion
Willoughby v. Department of Labor & Industries
Washington Supreme Court
Decided November 14, 2002No. 71950-1PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanders, J.
— Tony Willoughby and Lennie Cain challenge the validity of RCW 51.32.040(3)(a) and 72.60.102’s bar against disbursing industrial insurance permanent partial disability benefits to prisoners who have no statutory beneficiaries and are unlikely to be released from prison. Judge Schacht of the Walla Walla County Superior Court found these statutes worked a forfeiture of the prisoners’ property contrary to RCW 9.92.110, violated their right to equal protection of the law, and deprived them of their property without due process of law. The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries…
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