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EAGAN v. SPELLMAN

No. 44584.

90 Wn.2d 248 (1978)

581 P.2d 1038

JANE EAGAN, Appellant, v. JOHN D. SPELLMAN, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 29, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walthew, Warner, Keefe, Arron, Costello & Thompson, by Thomas P. Keefe, for appellant.

Christopher T. Bayley, Prosecuting Attorney, and Richard W. Elliot, Deputy, for respondents.

John A. Granger on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union and American Association of Retired Persons, amicus curiae.

DOLLIVER, J.

Plaintiff applied for a writ of prohibition to restrain King County from terminating her employment solely for the reason she had reached her 65th birthday. The trial court dismissed the writ. The case comes to us on certification from the Court of Appeals.

In 1966, at the age of 56 years, Jane Eagan was hired by King County, having previously been employed by the county from 1938 to 1942. At the time of her 1966 employment, the mandatory age...

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