Legal Opinion
Ravsten v. Department of Labor & Industries
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 7, 1987No. 52217-1PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallow, J.
This case involves the extent of the responsibility of the Department of Labor and Industries to a permanently and totally disabled worker for payment of attorney's fees in a structured settlement. The workman was injured on the job on February 17, 1977, by third parties. RCW 51.24.010, then in effect (now repealed), which governed third party actions read in pertinent part:
If the injury to a workman is due to negligence or wrong of another not in the same employ, the injured workman . . . shall elect whether to take under this title or seek a remedy against such other, such election to be in…
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