Employments included—Declaration of policy.
Applied in 148 court decisions — leading case Cockle v. Dept. of Labor and Industries (2001)
Most recently applied in Subcontracting Concepts Ct, Inc., V. Fernanda Manzi And Leonardo Manzi (May 2023)
1972 ex.s. c 43 s 6; 1971 ex.s. c 289 s 2; 1961 c 23 s 51.12.010
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
There is a hazard in all employment and it is the purpose of this title to embrace all employments which are within the legislative jurisdiction of the state.
This title shall be liberally construed for the purpose of reducing to a minimum the suffering and economic loss arising from injuries and/or death occurring in the course of employment.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.