The Washington Court of Appeals held that a law prohibiting injured workers from posting to social media recordings of their independent medical examinations is an unconstitutional prior restraint on free speech.
State lawmakers in 2023 enacted a law allowing claimants to make audio and video recordings of medical-legal exams requested by the Department of Labor and Industries or self-insured employers to establish medical findings, opinions and conclusions about an injured worker's physical condition. The law included a provision that prohibits injured workers from posting the videos to ...
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