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PATE v. TYEE MOTOR INN, INC.

No. 40657.

77 Wn.2d 819 (1970)

467 P.2d 301

CLARENCE P. PATE et al., Appellants, v. THE TYEE MOTOR INN, INC., et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

April 2, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.K. Westgard and J.L. Coniff, for appellants.

Parr, Baker, Alexander & Cordes and Frank E. Baker, for respondents.

WEAVER, J.

This is an action for damages for alleged slander. It was commenced by eight women (joined by their husbands, if married) employed as chambermaids, against their employer, Tyee Motor Inn, a corporation, and against Esther Skiff and LaVera Hart, the head and assistant head housekeepers of the defendant inn.

We do not reach the merits of the case. The trial court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment and dismissed

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