City of Bremerton v. Shreeve

The City of Bremerton appeals from a judgment of the Kitsap County Superior Court, affirming a decision of the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals (BIIA) that upheld Carole Shreeve's claim that her kidney infection was a disabling occupational disease arising naturally and proximately out of her employment as confidential secretary to the Mayor of Bremerton. We affirm.

In December 1981, after 10 years with another city department, Carole Shreeve began working as the confidential secretary to the Mayor of Bremerton. During the first month of her tenure, Shreeve served Mayor Glenn Jarstad; she…