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Title: Ruff v. Department of Labor & Industries of the State of Washington
Author : Washington Court of Appeals
Release Date : January 21, 2001
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 81 KB

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Two physicians diagnosed Sandra Ruff with porphyria, a rare, mostly hereditary disorder of blood enzymes. They testified before the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals that the condition was caused by her workplace exposure to chemicals during a building remodel. On appeal to the superior court of the Boards adverse decision on the worker compensation claim, the trial court excluded evidence of the causal relationship between the diagnosis of Ruffs porphyria and her workplace chemical exposure based on Frye. Because the testimony of the two doctors and the methodology of the blood test used to diagnose Ruffs alleged porphyria and the theory that porphyria is caused by short-term exposure to chemicals in the ambient air are not generally accepted in the relevant scientific community, we affirm.