CARNATION COMPANY, INC. v. Hill

115 Wn.2d 184 (1990)

796 P.2d 416

CARNATION COMPANY, INC., Respondent,

v.

MADGE L. HILL, Petitioner.

No. 56566-0.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

September 6, 1990.

Calbom & Schwab, P.S.C., by Kathleen G. Kilcullen, for petitioner.

Rolland, O'Malley & Williams, by Wayne L. Williams, for respondent.

Bryan P. Harnetiaux, Wayne Lieb, and Gary N. Bloom on behalf of Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, amici curiae for respondent.

DOLLIVER, J.

On March 3, 1983, as she lifted large boxes from a conveyor belt to a pallet at Carnation's Moses Lake plant, Madge Hill injured her back. Since then…