We have always represented a lot of ironworkers out of Local 86, so it’s good to see them hard at work in Seattle. Since July 2016, Seattle has led the nation in the number of cranes on jobsites. Seattle maintains its national lead with 45 working… Read More

I worked as a carpenter to pay my way through college and law school. Usually I worked on a framing crew run by Roy and Ben Cantrell. I worked every summer and most breaks. I had a few injuries for which I filed worker’s compensation claims for med… Read More

For the first time a Washington employer faces felony charges of manslaughter for a workplace fatality, based on the willful violation of excavation safety regulations. The King County prosecutor filed second-degree manslaughter charges in January 20… Read More

On January 22, 2018, the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) announced that it has cited the owner of the Seattle Pacific Hotel for using untrained workers to remove asbestos during renovation. A certified asbestos-abatement contractor had… Read More

Injured workers often ask if they will receive a settlement at the end of their worker’s compensation case. The answer is –it depends. If there is objective evidence that your injury will not totally heal, then you should receive a permanent part… Read More

The obvious answer to the question ‘When should you be receiving time loss?’ is, ‘When you cannot work because of your injury.’ But, as with most things in the workers compensation world, it is not always as easy as the obvious answer. Here a… Read More