Legal Opinion
MacIas v. Department of Labor & Industries
Washington Supreme Court
Decided October 5, 1983No. 48444-9PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
[As amended by order of the Supreme Court October 5, 1983.]
Rosellini, J.
Appellants, John Macias, Trinidad Salinas and Frederico Mendoza, challenge the constitutionality of their exclusion from workers' compensation. We hold that the $150 exclusion for seasonal workers contained in RCW 51.12.020(6) is unconstitutional and reverse.
Appellants are migrant workers who were injured during the course of their employment. John Macias, a 75-year-old man, sustained serious injury when he fell from a ladder while picking cherries. Trinidad Salinas was injured while climbing down from a truck bed during…
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