Washington Employee Leasing Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Washington or Court of Appeals of Washington where the terms employee leasing has been mentioned. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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Nikolaisen v. Simpson Timber Co. - 5/30/2000
UNPUBLISHED
At issue is whether the trial court erred in summarily dismissing Lance Nikolaisen's claims of disability discrimination and negligent infliction of emotional distress (NIED) against Simpson Timber Company. Nikolaisen...
Thompson v. Boeing Co. - 5/30/2000
Appellant Charles Thompson brought suit against Respondent Boeing Company claiming racial discrimination, disability discrimination, and retaliation. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Boeing on the ground that...
Lira v. Moore - 5/30/2000
Jose Lira was injured while he was working for Natural Blue, Inc., and he received worker's compensation benefits under Washington's Industrial Insurance Act, RCW Title 51, for those injuries. Lira now seeks to recover damages in...
Fassel v. City of Tacoma - 5/26/2000
Matthew Fassel appeals from an order on summary judgment dismissing his handicap discrimination claims against the City of Tacoma (City). We affirm.
FACTS
In 1990, Matthew Fassel was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, a...
State v. Evans - 5/8/2000
PUBLISHED IN PART
Batson v. Kentucky and its progeny teach that the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment protects against invidious discrimination by the improper exercise of peremptory challenges in criminal and...
Goehle v. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center - 3/20/2000
Appellant Sondra Goehle did not prevail at trial in her employment discrimination suit against her employer Respondent Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center. On appeal she challenges the trial court's refusal to give her proposed...
Easley v. Sea-Land Service - 2/28/2000
PUBLISHED IN PART
Washington law requires that an employer provide reasonable accommodation to an employee with a disability. The question here is whether the jury should have been instructed that the employer must prove a...
State v. Breazeale - 2/22/2000
We reverse a superior court order denying a motion to hold the Washington State Patrol in contempt for defying the court's order to expunge decades-old criminal records. Both appellants were convicted, and their convictions...
Roberts v. Dudley - 2/17/2000
Oral Argument Date: 06/15/1999
En Banc
The question is whether an employee who lacks a statutory remedy for wrongful discrimination may nevertheless assert the common law tort of wrongful discharge. The answer is the...
Cutler v. Phillips Petroleum Company - 2/17/2000
A jury rejected the age discrimination claims of five former Phillips Petroleum Company employees. Before we will overturn a jury verdict, the appellant employees here must convince us that this record is devoid of substantial...
Hubbard v. Department of Labor - 2/3/2000
Oral Argument Date: 09/21/1999
En Banc
In this industrial insurance case, we are asked to interpret former RCW 51.32.090(3) (1979) and decide the proper basis for calculating temporary loss of earning power (LEP) benefits...
Roseth v. Seattle Housing Authority - 1/31/2000
After investigating an incident in which Seattle Housing Authority employees set a rat on fire while at work, respondent SHA terminated Jim Roseth's employment as a maintenance painter. Roseth sued SHA and his SHA supervisor,...
Spokane Police Guild v. Spokane Civil Service Commission - 12/21/1999
The City of Spokane (City) and the Spokane Police Guild (Guild) entered into a collective bargaining agreement which changed the process of promoting a patrolman to sergeant. The City and the Guild advised the Spokane Civil Service...
Greene v. Seattle City Light - 12/20/1999
UNPUBLISHED
At issue is whether the trial court properly dismissed on summary judgment Joe Greene's claims against Seattle City Light based on alleged violations of Washington's law against discrimination. Because there are...
Brown v. Scott Paper Worldwide Co. - 12/13/1999
OPINION PUBLISHED IN PART
Beverly Brown appeals the dismissal on summary judgment of her claim of disability discrimination against her employer, Scott Paper Worldwide Company (Scott Paper) and against six of its managers, and...
Raymond v. Pacific Chemical - 12/13/1999
Terry and Carmella Raymond appeal the dismissal of their wrongful discharge claims against Terry Raymond's employer, Pacific Chemical, and his managers and supervisors. The Raymonds contend that the trial court erred in dismissing...
McCormick v. Lake Washington School District - 12/6/1999
Laurie McCormick appeals a summary judgment order dismissing her claims based on her termination from employment at Lake Washington School District. Board approval and a written contract are required for teacher employment. Because...
Cundy-Harris v. State Department of Veterans' Affairs - 12/3/1999
Susan Cundy-Harris appeals from a summary judgment dismissal of her 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 claims against her former employer. Cundy-Harris claimed that she was forced to resign in retaliation for exercising her First Amendment right to...
Snyder v. Medical Service Corporation of Eastern Washington - 12/2/1999
We are presented with several questions in this wrongful discharge case. First, does the rude, boorish, overbearing behavior of a supervisor that results in emotional distress to an employee give rise to a cause of action,...
Featherston v. Reed - 11/12/1999
Dawn Marie Featherston sued Wendell Reed and the Department of Ecology (DOE). She alleged that Reed had sexually harassed her while acting as a supervisor for DOE.
During the ensuing jury trial, the trial court excluded...
McLean v. City of Tacoma - 9/24/1999
Carol J. McLean appeals a summary Judgement dismissing her lawsuit for wrongful discharge and other claims against her former employer, the City of Tacoma. McLean challenges the trial court's ruling that no factual issue existed as...
Zollinger v. Boeing Co. - 9/20/1999
Summary Judgement is appropriate where a defendant shows that there is an absence of evidence to support an essential element of the plaintiff's case. Jeannine Zollinger failed to establish a prima facie case of disability...
Macsuga v. County of Spokane - 9/14/1999
The primary question presented in this disability discrimination case is whether an employer's failure to follow Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) interpretive guidelines to the federal Americans with Disabilities Act...
Concerned Ratepayers Association v. Public Utility District No. 1 of Clark County - 9/9/1999
Oral Argument Date: 05/13/1999
EN BANC
We are asked to decide whether a public disclosure request for a technical document, which was reviewed, evaluated, and referred to by a public agency, constitutes "use" within the...
Smith v. Dept of Labor and Industries - 9/7/1999
The benefits of Title 51 RCW are available to a worker who receives an injury during her lunch period while on the jobsite. Here, the parties stipulated that during her lunch break Geneva Smith was injured while seated on a curb in...
Bickford v. City of Seattle - 9/7/1999
A civil service commission has jurisdiction to conduct an investigation to determine whether an employee's resignation was in fact a constructive discharge without cause. Assuming that Jerald Bickford, a former sergeant with the...
Seeberger v. Burlington Northern Railroad Company - 9/2/1999
Oral Argument Date: 06/15/1999
EN BANC
We must decide in this case if an injured railroad worker has adduced sufficient evidence of his employer's negligence to take his case under 45 U.S.C. sec. 51, the Federal Employers'...
Gonzales Boring & Tunneling v. Mike M. Johnson Construction - 8/30/1999
UNPUBLISHED
At issue is the correctness of various rulings by the trial court in this construction dispute arising from a public works project. The general contractor, Mike M. Johnson Construction, Inc., wrongfully terminated its...
Spears Manufacturing Co. v. Department of Labor and Industries - 6/28/1999
In this Industrial Insurance Act case, the claimant filed an occupational disease claim less than a week into her employment at state-fund insured Mr. Ed's Bingo Casino. The Department of Labor and Industries approved the claim, "as...
Simpson Timber Co. v. Wentworth - 6/25/1999
Judges: Authored by Carroll C. Bridgewater Concurring: J. Dean Morgan J. Robin Hunt
Simpson Timber Company appeals a Department of Labor and Industries (L&I; order allowing a workers' compensation claim by Cynthia Wentworth...
Bulman v. Safeway Inc. - 6/21/1999
This case presents one question: What degree of reliance must an employee show in seeking to enforce promises made in an employee handbook? We hold that an employee must prove awareness of the promises allegedly breached, that the...
Brewer v. Brown - 6/18/1999
Judges: Authored by Karen G. Seinfeld Concurring: Elaine M. Houghton David H. Armstrong
Joseph A. Brewer, the former assistant director of the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I;, and his wife Stephanie, a former...
Haney v. Employment Security Department - 6/14/1999
-- Donna Haney's employer, LifeGuard Monitoring Systems, discharged her for insubordination after she in response to a letter of reprimand warning her that any further personal attacks on her co-workers or management would result in...
Ruse v. Department of Labor & Industries - 6/3/1999
Oral Argument Date: 02/10/1999
Judges:
Authored by Faith E Ireland
Concurring: Richard P. Guy Barbara Durham Charles Z. Smith Charles W. Johnson Barbara A. Madsen Gerry L. Alexander Philip A. Talmadge Richard B....
Cockle v. Department of Labor and Industries - 6/3/1999
Labor and Industries must include the reasonable value of employer-The question in this appeal is whether the Department of furnished health insurance in the basis from which it computes an injured worker's time-loss compensation....
Webster v. Coastal Transportation Inc. - 6/1/1999
Judges: Authored by Susan R. Agid Concurring: Walter E. Webster Ronald E. Cox
Lynne Webster sued Coastal Transportation, alleging that her employment as a ship's cook was polluted by sexual harassment and gender discrimination....
Rhodes v. Urm Stores Inc. - 6/1/1999
George Rhodes appeals the summary Judgement dismissal of his handicap discrimination claim against former employer URM Stores, Inc. Mr. Rhodes was fired from his job as a truck driver the second time he tested positive for controlled...
Parker-Jones v. Eagle Hardware & Garden Inc. - 3/29/1999
Judges: Authored by Susan R. Agid Concurring: Ronald E. Cox Marlin J Appelwick
Eagle Hardware asks us to reverse a jury verdict for sexual harassment, primarily arguing the instructions misled the jury. Given the evidence...
Owens v. Farmers Insurance Exchange - 3/22/1999
-- An employer who does not have adequate notice of an employee's disability will not be held liable for discriminating on the basis of that disability. Similarly, an employer who does not have notice of an employee's serious health...
Walker v. Walker - 3/19/1999
Judges: Authored by J. Robin Hunt Concurring: J. Dean Morgan Elaine M. Houghton
John Walker appeals the distribution of marital assets in a dissolution action in which he was awarded his pension plan and a portion of a 401K plan....
In re Welfare of H.S. - 3/9/1999
The Washington juvenile dependency statutory scheme permits termination of parental rights for deficiencies that are manifestations of chronic mental illness. B.S. and L.S. appeal the termination of their parental rights; both suffer...
Dewey v. Tacoma School District No.10 - 3/5/1999
JUDGES Authored by David H. Armstrong Concurring: Karen G. Seinfeld Carroll C. Bridgewater
William Dewey was employed by the Tacoma School District No. 10 from January 1988 until September 1993, when his position was eliminated....
City of Tacoma v. Franciscan Foundation - 3/5/1999
The City of Tacoma (City) appeals a trial court order granting summary Judgement in favor of St. Joseph Medical Center (St. Joesph). The trial court ruled that the City's anti-discrimination ordinance conflicts with state law and...
Warnek v. Abb Combustion Engineering - 3/4/1999
Oral Argument Date: 11/18/1998
Source of Appeal: Date first document (petition, etc) was filed at Supreme Court: 04/21/1998
Judges: Authored by Charles Z. Smith Concurring: Richard P. Guy James M. Dolliver Gerry L....
Hatch v. Fred Meyer Inc. - 3/1/1999
UNPUBLISHED
Violet Hatch appeals the dismissal of her sexual harassment and disability discrimination claims against Fred Meyer, her discrimination claims against two Fred Meyer managers, and her defamation claim against one of...
Pulcino v. Federal Express Corp. - 3/1/1999
Leanne Gross Pulcino, a former Federal Express flight attendant, sued FedEx alleging unlawful discrimination based on injuries she sustained while working as a FedEx handler and on her union affiliation. Pulcino appeals the trial...
In re Dependency of C. C. - 3/1/1999
JUDGES Authored by Faye C. Kennedy Concurring: C. Kenneth Grosse Marlin J Appelwick
The developmentally disabled parents of C. C. (D.O.B. 11/23/95) appeal the trial court's order terminating their parent-child relationships. They...
County of King v. Washington State Public Employment Relations Commission - 3/1/1999
When the Director of the King County Jail ordered nurses at the jail to stop covering their surnames on their identification badges, the Washington State Nurses Association ("WSNA") filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the...
City of Seattle v. Harrison - 2/16/1999
UNPUBLISHED
When an attending physician testifies in a workers' compensation case, a jury instruction stating that the jury should give the physician's testimony special consideration is generally required. Moreover, the...
First State Insurance Co. v. Kemper National Insurance Co. - 2/16/1999
Lance Powell was electrocuted on property owned by Great Western Lumber Company (Great Western). Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company (Lumbermens) was Great Western's primary insurer, and First State Insurance Company (First State)...
Doolittle v. Small Tribes of Western Washington Inc. - 2/12/1999
Source of Appeal: Appeal from Superior Court of King County
Docket No: 94-2-16784-7
Judgement or order under review
Date filed: March 15, 1996
Judge signing: Hon. Mary W. Brucker
Judges: authored by Faye...
Miller v. Robertson - 2/12/1999
Judges: Authored by Karen G. Seinfeld Concurring: J. Dean Morgan David H. Armstrong
Bruce Miller, a minority shareholder and a former director, president, and employee of B & B Services, Inc., appeals a Judgement dismissing...
Martini v. Boeing Co. - 2/11/1999
Oral Argument Date: 11/17/1998
Source of Appeal: Appeal from Superior Court,
Judges: Authored by Richard B. Sanders Concurring: Barbara Durham James M. Dolliver Charles Z. Smith Richard P. Guy Charles W. Johnson Barbara A....
Hansen v. City of Everett - 2/8/1999
Bruce and Rebecca Hansen appeal two orders granting partial summary Judgement to the City of Everett, contending that the trial courts erred by ruling that (1) their LEOFF (Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighter's Retirement...
Cockle v. Nelson - 2/2/1999
Judges: Authored by Kenneth H Kato Concurring: Frank L. Kurtz Dennis J. Sweeney
Panel Nine
Ms. Cockle was a regular employee of Caterpillar. She also worked separately, as an independent contractor, performing janitorial...
Janson v. North Valley Hospital - 2/2/1999
Julie Janson sued North Valley Hospital for sexual harassment and retaliatory discharge. On the issue of her damages, the hospital offered evidence that she failed to disclose a drug conviction on her employment application and that...
Hoddevik v. Arctic Alaska Fisheries Corp. - 2/1/1999
Arctic Alaska Fisheries Corp. (Arctic) appeals from a Judgement entered on a jury verdict finding it liable to a crew member of a fishing vessel under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. app. sec.688. Danelle Hoddevik cross-appeals the summary...
In re Turco - 1/28/1999
En Banc
We must determine in this case whether the extra-judicial conduct of Tacoma Municipal Court Judge Ralph G. Turco violated the Canons of Judicial Conduct, and the appropriate sanction, if any, for such violation. We hold...
Webb v. Puget Sound Broadcasting company - 12/28/1998
Judges: Authored by Faye C. Kennedy Concurring: Walter E. Webster Mary K. Becker
To maintain a cause of action under the public policy exception to the terminable-at-will doctrine, the employee bears the burden of establishing,...
In re Smith - 12/24/1998
Oral Argument Date: 03/11/98
Ad Litem EN BANC
The issues presented in these three consolidated cases are whether petitioners had standing to petition for visitation under either RCW 26.10.160(3) or former RCW 26.09.240 ...
Young v. City of Seattle - 12/14/1998
Appellant Christopher Young ("Young") challenges the superior court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of certiorari. Young's petition sought review of an administrative decision by the Seattle Civil Service Commission ("the...
Bess v. Geraldine - 12/4/1998
Source of Appeal: Appeal from Superior Court of Kitsap County Docket No: 95-2-03162-7 Judgement or order under review Date filed: 12/12/97 Judge signing: Hon. Jay B. Roof
Judges: Authored by J. Dean Morgan Concurring: Karen G....
Boeing Company v. Harker-Lott - 11/30/1998
The Boeing Company appealed a decision favorable to Barbara Harker-Lott entered by the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals. A jury reversed the Board's decision after the superior court refused to instruct it that it should give...
Roppo v. Motor Cargo Inc. - 9/21/1998
Source of Appeal: Appeal from Superior Court of King County Docket No: 95-2-24192-1 Judgement or order under review Date filed: 03/17/97 judge signing: Hon. Robert Alsdorf
Judges Authored by Susan R. Agid concurring Faye C....
Roberts v. Dudley - 9/18/1998
Source of Appeal: Appeal from Superior Court of Pierce County Docket No: 94-2-07362-7 Judgement or order under review Date filed: 01/16/96 judge signing: Hon. Thomas J. Felnagle
Judges Authored by J. Dean Morgan concurring Elaine...
Roberts v. Mack - 9/8/1998
Source of Appeal: Appeal from Superior Court of King County Docket No: 95-3-07344-5 Judgement or order under review Date filed: 10/30/96 judge signing: Hon. Robert S. Lasnik
Judges Authored by Mary K. Becker concurring H. Joseph...
Riccobono v. Pierce County - 9/4/1998
Source of Appeal: Appeal from Superior Court of Pierce County Docket No: 93-2-11740-5
Judgement or order under review
Date filed: 03/15/96
Judge signing: Hon. Arthur W. Verharen Iii
Authored by J. Dean Morgan ...
Reid v. Pierce County - 9/3/1998
Oral Argument Date: 05/27/98
Source of Appeal: Appeal from Superior Court of King County Docket No: 96-2-23835-0 Judgement or order under review Date filed: 02/10/97 judge signing: Hon. William L. Downing
En Banc
In...
Schilling v. Radio Holdings Inc. - 9/3/1998
Oral Argument Date: 06/18/97
Source of Appeal: Appeal from Superior Court of King County Docket No: 93-12-23705-7 Judgement or order under review Date filed: 12/15/95
En Banc
Radio Holdings, Inc., and its president,...
Tripoli v. Marwick - 8/31/1998
Source of Appeal: Appeal from Superior Court of King County Docket No: 94-2-13833-2 Judgement or order under review Date filed: 02/05/97 judge signing: Hon. Robert J. Wesley
UNPUBLISHED
KPMG Peat Marwick appeals from the...
Knox v. Microsoft Corp. - 8/31/1998
Source of Appeal: Appeal from Superior Court of King County Docket No: 95-2-11369-9 Judgement or order under review Date filed: 11/13/96 judge signing: Hon. Carol Schapira
PUBLISHED
A terminated employee sued the employer...
In re Dann - 8/18/1998
En Banc
-- Attorney Wade R. Dann appeals to this court the recommendation of the Washington State Bar Association Disciplinary Board that he receive a year-long suspension from the practice of law due to four counts of...
Daniels v. Seattle Seahawks - 8/17/1998
Source of Appeal: Appeal from Superior Court of King County Docket No: 95-2-23349-0 Judgement or order under review Date filed: 12/03/96 judge signing: Hon. Michael J. Trickey
Judges Authored by Walter E. Webster concurring...
Boeing Co. v. Brown - 8/17/1998
Source of Appeal: Appeal from Superior Court of King County Docket No: 96-2-21630-5 Judgement or order under review Date filed: 03/21/97
Judges Authored by Mary K. Becker concurring H. Joseph Coleman
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Adams v. County of King - 8/17/1998
Source of Appeal: Appeal from Superior Court of King County Docket No: 95-2-30149-5 Judgement or order under review Date filed: 02/13/97 judge signing: Hon. Robert J. Wesley
Judges Authored by Walter E. Webster concurring H....
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