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BARNES v. WASHINGTON NATURAL GAS

No. 6258-1.

22 Wn. App. 576 (1979)

591 P.2d 461

PETER BARNES, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON NATURAL GAS COMPANY, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

February 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sweet & Dussault, William L.E. Dussault, and Karen M. Thompson, for appellant.

Karr, Tuttle, Koch, Campbell, Mawer & Morrow, Robert P. Piper, and James L. Austin, Jr., for respondent.

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and Winslow Whitman, Assistant, on behalf of Washington State Human Rights Commission, amicus curiae.

RINGOLD, J.

Peter Barnes commenced this action against Washington Natural Gas Company (WNGC) under the Washington State Law Against Discrimination (Act) RCW 49.60, for allegedly discharging him from his employment as a handicapped person. Barnes appeals a judgment upon the pleadings finding him without standing to maintain the action.

The issue here is narrow: May a plaintiff claiming not to be handicapped sue under the Act on the grounds that he was discriminatorily...

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