No application shall be valid or claim thereunder enforceable unless filed within one year after the day upon which the injury occurred or the rights of dependents or beneficiaries accrued, except as provided in RCW 51.28.055 and 51.28.025(5).
RCW 51.28.050
Time limitation for filing application or enforcing claim for injury.
Applied in 19 court decisions — leading case 93 Wash. 2d 416 - Agency Budget Corp. v. Washington Insurance Guaranty Ass'n (1980)
Most recently applied in John Bogen, V. City Of Bremerton (August 2021)
2007 c 77 s 3; 1984 c 159 s 1; 1961 c 23 s 51.28.050
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