Jenkins v. Department of Labor & Industries

Lynn M. Jenkins appeals a jury verdict aifirming the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals’ order finding that she did not sustain an injury while in the course of her employment. She contends that the trial court erred by including in the jury instructions a verbatim recitation of the Board’s findings of fact and conclusions of law because certain findings of fact were immaterial and highly prejudicial. We affirm.

Ms. Jenkins filed an application for benefits with the Department on September 24, 1993, alleging that she injured her lower back in the course of her employment at Columbia Basin…