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HEGWINE v. LONGVIEW FIBRE CO., INC.

No. 78728-O.

172 P.3d 688 (2007)

Stacy L. HEGWINE, Respondent, v. LONGVIEW FIBRE COMPANY, INC., a Washington corporation, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided November 29, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Williams, Kathryn C. Loring, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, William L. Dowell, Attorney at Law, Longview, WA, for Petitioner.

Mark Stanley Brumbaugh, Walstead Mertsching PS, Longview, WA, for Respondent.

Kathleen Phair Barnard, Schwerin Campbell Barnard & Iglitzin LLP, Sarah A. Dunne, ACLU, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Civil Liberties.

Sara Lyle Ainsworth, Northwest Women's Law Center, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Northwest Women's Law Center.

Michael Craig Subit, Frank Freed Subit & Thomas LLP, Jeffrey Lowell Needle, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Employment Lawyers Assoc.

J.M. JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 An employer who refuses to hire a job applicant because of her pregnancy is liable for sex discrimination under chapter 49.60 RCW (Washington Law Against Discrimination or WLAD), absent demonstration of a business necessity or proof of a bona fide occupational qualification.1 Determining whether such sex discrimination has occurred involves application of the plain language of the WLAD and its related interpretive...

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