§ 51.52.010 Board of industrial insurance appeals
§ 51.52.020 Board — Rule-making power
§ 51.52.030 Board — Expenses
§ 51.52.040 Board — Removal of member
§ 51.52.050 Service of departmental action — Demand for repayment — Orders amending benefits — Reconsideration or appeal
§ 51.52.060 Notice of appeal — Time — Cross-appeal — Departmental options
§ 51.52.063 After notice of appeal — Contact with medical providers restricted — Rules
§ 51.52.070 Contents of notice — Transmittal of record
§ 51.52.075 Appeal from order terminating provider’s authority to provide services — Department petition for order immediately suspending provider’s eligibility to participate
§ 51.52.080 Appeal to board denied, when
§ 51.52.090 Appeal to board deemed granted, when
§ 51.52.095 Conference for disposal of matters involved in appeal — Mediation of disputes
§ 51.52.100 Proceedings before board — Contempt
§ 51.52.102 Hearing the appeal — Dismissal — Evidence — Continuances
§ 51.52.104 Industrial appeals judge — Recommended decision and order — Petition for review — Finality of order
§ 51.52.106 Review of decision and order
§ 51.52.110 Court appeal — Taking the appeal
§ 51.52.112 Court appeal — Payment of taxes, penalties, and interest required
§ 51.52.113 Collection of tax or penalty may not be enjoined
§ 51.52.115 Court appeal — Procedure at trial — Burden of proof
§ 51.52.120 Attorney’s fee before department or board — Unlawful attorneys’ fees
§ 51.52.130 Attorney and witness fees in court appeal
§ 51.52.132 Unlawful attorney’s fees
§ 51.52.135 Worker or beneficiary entitled to interest on award — Rate
§ 51.52.140 Rules of practice — Duties of attorney general — Supreme court appeal
§ 51.52.150 Costs on appeals
§ 51.52.160 Publication and indexing of significant decisions
§ 51.52.200 Exception — Employers as parties to actions relating to compensation or assistance for victims of crimes
§ 51.52.800 Workers’ compensation study
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 51.52 - Appeals

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.