51.52.800 – Workers’ compensation study.
RCW 51.52.800 Workers’ compensation study. (1) The department shall study appeals of workers’ compensation cases and collect information on the impacts of chapter 280, Laws of 2008 on state fund and self-insured workers and employers. The study shall consider the types of benefits that may be paid pending an appeal, and shall include, but not […]
51.52.113 – Collection of tax or penalty may not be enjoined.
RCW 51.52.113 Collection of tax or penalty may not be enjoined. No restraining order or injunction may be granted or issued by any court to restrain or enjoin the collection of any tax or penalty or any part thereof, except upon the ground that the assessment thereof was in violation of the Constitution of the […]
51.52.115 – Court appeal—Procedure at trial—Burden of proof.
RCW 51.52.115 Court appeal—Procedure at trial—Burden of proof. Upon appeals to the superior court only such issues of law or fact may be raised as were properly included in the notice of appeal to the board, or in the complete record of the proceedings before the board. The hearing in the superior court shall be […]
51.52.120 – Attorney’s fee before department or board—Unlawful attorneys’ fees.
RCW 51.52.120 Attorney’s fee before department or board—Unlawful attorneys’ fees. (1) Except for claim resolution settlement agreements, it shall be unlawful for an attorney engaged in the representation of any worker or beneficiary to charge for services in the department any fee in excess of a reasonable fee, of not more than thirty percent of […]
51.52.130 – Attorney and witness fees in court appeal.
RCW 51.52.130 Attorney and witness fees in court appeal. (1) If, on appeal to the superior or appellate court from the decision and order of the board, said decision and order is reversed or modified and additional relief is granted to a worker or beneficiary, or in cases where a party other than the worker […]
51.52.132 – Unlawful attorney’s fees.
RCW 51.52.132 Unlawful attorney’s fees. Where the department, the board or the court, pursuant to RCW 51.52.120 or 51.52.130 fixes the attorney’s fee, it shall be unlawful for an attorney to charge or receive any fee in excess of that fixed by the department, board or the court. Any person who violates any provision of […]
51.52.135 – Worker or beneficiary entitled to interest on award—Rate.
RCW 51.52.135 Worker or beneficiary entitled to interest on award—Rate. (1) When a worker or beneficiary prevails in an appeal by the employer to the board or in an appeal by the employer to the court from the decision and order of the board, the worker or beneficiary shall be entitled to interest at the […]
51.52.140 – Rules of practice—Duties of attorney general—Supreme court appeal.
RCW 51.52.140 Rules of practice—Duties of attorney general—Supreme court appeal. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the practice in civil cases shall apply to appeals prescribed in this chapter. Appeal shall lie from the judgment of the superior court as in other civil cases. The attorney general shall be the legal advisor of the […]
51.52.150 – Costs on appeals.
RCW 51.52.150 Costs on appeals. All expenses and costs incurred by the department for board and court appeals, including fees for medical and other witnesses, court reporter costs and attorney’s fees, and all costs taxed against the department, shall be paid one-half out of the medical aid fund and one-half out of the accident fund. […]
51.52.160 – Publication and indexing of significant decisions.
RCW 51.52.160 Publication and indexing of significant decisions. The board shall publish and index its significant decisions and make them available to the public at reasonable cost. [ 1985 c 209 § 1.]