MILWAUKEE R.R. v. HUMAN RIGHTS COMM'N

No. 44105.

87 Wn.2d 802 (1976)

557 P.2d 307

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL, AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Respondent, v. WASHINGTON STATE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and Winslow Whitman, Assistant, for appellant.

James E. Nelson, J. Fred Simpson, Dennis G. Opacki, and David H. Boyd, for respondent.

Harold H. Green on behalf of National Federation of the Blind, amicus curiae.


HUNTER, J.

In June 1973, Robert G. Clark applied for the job of railroad brakeman with the respondent, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company (Railroad). The application process included a medical report covering Clark's physical history and the results of a physical examination. During his physical examination, Clark informed the examining physician of two previous knee surgeries, a medial meniscectomy in each knee, one performed in 1962 and the...

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