"Permanent total disability" means loss of both legs, or arms, or one leg and one arm, total loss of eyesight, paralysis or other condition permanently incapacitating the worker from performing any work at any gainful occupation.
RCW 51.08.160
"Permanent total disability."
Applied in 45 court decisions — leading case 108 Wash. 2d 143 - Ravsten v. Department of Labor & Industries (1987)
Most recently applied in Vorhies v. Department of Retirement Systems (July 2017)
1977 ex.s. c 350 s 13; 1961 c 23 s 51.08.160
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