Cowlitz Stud Co. v. Clevenger

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Owens, J.

We must determine whether the last injurious exposure rule applies to petitioner Dana Clevenger’s industrial injury claim brought under the Industrial Insurance Act (IIA), Title 51 RCW. Clevenger’s injury claim was initially filed in response to a low back injury she sustained while working for respondent Cowlitz Stud Company. Pursuant to the claim, the Department of Labor and Industries (Department) ordered Cowlitz Stud to pay time loss benefits. The superior court reversed, holding, as a matter of law, that the last injurious exposure rule barred liability of Cowlitz Stud because…