The Washington Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict denying a worker’s occupational disease claim.
Case: Department of Labor & Industries v. Douglas, No. 85945-5-I, 04/14/2025, unpublished.
Facts and procedural history: John Douglas Jr. suffers from cleidocranial dysostosis, a congenital condition that affects skeletal development. As a result, he does not have a clavicle.
In July 2015, Douglas was working for Enservio when a box of waterlogged books fell on his outstretched right arm and injured his right shoulder.
Douglas filed a workers’ compensation claim, which ...
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