Department of Labor & Industries v. Janssen

¶1 — The Department of Labor and Industries (Department) appeals a Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals decision (affirmed by the superior court) that it improperly deducted interest it paid on permanent partial disability payments to workers when it later converted the workers’ claims to permanent total disability pensions. The workers cross appeal, arguing that the Department miscalculated cost-of-living adjustments; Janssen contends that the Department wrongly deducted the erroneously paid portion of his permanent partial disability award from his pension reserve.1 We affirm.

Armstrong, J.

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