Brakus v. Department of Labor and Industries, No. 33220
| Court | United States State Supreme Court of Washington |
| Writing for the Court | HILL; HAMLEY |
| Citation | 292 P.2d 865,48 Wn.2d 218 |
| Parties | Dan BRAKUS, Respondent, v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES of the State of Washington, Appellant. |
| Docket Number | No. 33220 |
| Decision Date | 19 January 1956 |
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v.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES of the State of
Washington, Appellant.
Don Eastvold, Atty. Gen.,
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Edwin R. Roberts, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Holman, Mickelwait, Marion, Black & Perkins, Seattle, for appellant.Walthew, Oseran & Warner, Seattle, for respondent.
HILL, Justice.
Quaere: Where the department of labor and industries has closed a workman's [292 P.2d 866] claim arising from an industrial injury with an allowance of a certain percentage for permanent partial disability and the workman alone appeals from the closing order to the board of industrial insurance appeals on the sole ground that he is entitled to a greater percentage for permanent partial disability than the department has allowed, can the board, after finding that the workman has not established that any of his permanent partial disability is the result of his industrial injury, reverse the order closing the claim and direct that it be closed with no allowance for permanent partial disability?
Answer: The board of industrial insurance appeals is, as its name indicates, an appeals board. Its authority is limited, as was that of its predecessor, the joint board of the department of labor and industries, to a determination of the issues raised by the notice of appeal (called an application for rehearing prior to the effective date of chapter 219, Laws of 1949, p. 714); and, even though the workman appealing from the closing order fails to establish his right to any award for permanent partial disability, the board does not have the power or authority to reverse or set aside
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the order of the department allowing a certain percentage for permanent partial disability.Reasons: At all times pertinent to the present case, the law applicable to appeals from orders of the department of labor and industries to the joint board of the department of labor and industries and its successor, the board of industrial insurance appeals, has provided that the notice of appeal shall set forth 'in full detail' the grounds upon which it is considered that the order, decision, or award appealed from is unjust or unlawful, '* * * and shall include every issue to be considered by the board * * *.' (Italics ours.) Laws of 1951, chapter 225, § 7, p. 685, RCW 51.52.070. The same section of the statute states that:
'The workman, beneficiary, employer, or other person shall be deemed to have waived all objections or irregularities concerning the matter on which such appeal is taken other than those specifically set forth in such notice of appeal or appearing in the records of the department.' (Italics ours.)
See, also, Laws of 1951, chapter 225, § 8, p. 686, RCW 51.52.080, where it is stated that if a hearing is ordered before the board, the board is '* * * to decide the issues raised.' (Italics ours.)
(The statutes just quoted are those currently in effect, but all of the language quoted or its equivalent has been in our statutes at all times since the workman in this case made his application for a rehearing before the joint board of the department of labor and industries, July 1, 1947.)
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