‘Virtual Certainty’ Equals ‘Actual Knowledge’ in Wash. for Latent Injury Diseases
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‘Virtual Certainty’ Equals ‘Actual Knowledge’ in Wash. for Latent Injury Diseases
Case File When it comes to latent disease cases, the Washington Supreme Court did away with a decade-old precedent case to hold that an employer's virtual certainty that disease will occur satisfies the "actual knowledge" prong of the state's deliberate injury exception to the exclusive remedy rule. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of the decision. Case Cockrum v. C.H. Murphy, No. 102881-4 (Wash. 05/29/25) What Happened A…
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