Boeing Co. v. Rooney

— James Rooney was injured when he slipped and fell while returning to work at Boeing’s Harbour Pointe facility in Everett. Rooney slipped in a grassy area adjacent to a parking lot within the compound. The Department of Labor and Industries granted Rooney’s claim for benefits under the Industrial Insurance Act, and Boeing appealed. The award of benefits was affirmed by the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals and later by the Superior Court. We hold that the Board did not err in finding that Rooney’s injury fell within the “going and coming” rule in RCW 51.08.013, and thus he was entitled…