The compensation and benefits provided for occupational diseases shall be paid and in the same manner as compensation and benefits for injuries under this title.
RCW 51.16.040
Occupational diseases.
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 117 Wash. 2d 128 - Weyerhaeuser Company v. Tri (1991)
Most recently applied in 166 Wash. App. 859 - Mason v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP. (February 2012)
1971 ex.s. c 289 s 83; 1961 c 23 s 51.16.040
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