SCRIVENER v. CLARK COLLEGE

No. 89377-2.

334 P.3d 541 (2014)

Kathryn SCRIVENER, Petitioner, v. CLARK COLLEGE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

September 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sue-del McCulloch , Law Offices of Sue-Del McCulloch LLC, Portland, OR, for Petitioner.

Christopher Lanese , Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Respondent.

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


WIGGINS, J.

¶ 1 The purpose of Washington's Law Against Discrimination (WLAD), chapter 49.60 RCW, is to eliminate and prevent discrimination in the workplace. RCW 49.60.010. The legislature passed the statute after finding that discrimination "threatens not only the rights and proper privileges of [Washington] inhabitants but menaces the institutions and foundation of a free democratic state." Id. Accordingly...

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