One of the most often hired psychiatrists by the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) in workplace injury cases received more than a dozen complaints about “inappropriate,” “unprofessional” and “sexually intrusive” lines of questioning during state-paid exams. In the last five years, injured workers reported that Seattle-based psychiatrist Dr. Douglas Robinson asked about the dates and frequency of sexual relations and favorite sexual positions, none of which had anything to do with their injuries, yet L&I failed to take disciplinary action against him, records show. Injured workers and their attorneys said psychological exams with the independent medical examiner (IME) “traumatized” and “frightened” them. IMEs are hired by L&I to conduct medical-legal exams to help ascertain if worker compensation claims should be accepted. “I realized he sexually harassed me,” said 70-year-old Cheryl Riley of Inchelium, Washington. Riley was injured in a 2018 on-the-job accident at Washington State University (WSU). Her injury occurred when a 25-pound window shade fell and struck her in the head in a WSU classroom. Her doctors diagnosed her with a severe concussion that caused “chronic neck pain, migraines and depression.” READ THE FULL STORY: https://www.king5.com/article/news/investigations/washington-state-psychiatrist-robinson-accountability-alleged-sexually-intrusive-questions/281-faca4dde-5c9f-41a5-be27-6329539f7849