Cowlitz Stud Co. v. Clevenger

¶1 In 1997, Dana Clevenger sustained an industrial injury while employed by Cowlitz Stud Company, a lumber mill. Cowlitz paid her medical benefits and closed her claim. In 2000, while employed by Hampton Lumber Company, Clevenger reopened her 1997 claim. The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) ordered Cowlitz to pay her time loss compensation. But the superior court reversed because reasonable minds could not differ that Clevenger’s 1997 injury had worsened while she worked at Hampton and the “last injurious exposure rule” applied rendering Hampton and not Cowlitz responsible for these…