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WILSON v. STATE

No. 19855-0-II.

922 P.2d 103 (1996)

John R. WILSON, Respondent, v. STATE of Washington; R. Darrell Hamilton, M.D., in his official and individual capacity; Katy Williams, in her official and individual capacity; David Watson, in his official and individual capacity; John Reynolds, in his official and individual capacity; and John and Jane Does 1 through 5, in their official and individual capacities, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

August 29, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol A. Murphy, Michael E. Tardif, Asst. Atty. Gen., Delbert Wallace Johnson, Olympia, for appellants.

Paul Alexander Lindenmuth, Law Offices of Neil J. Hoff, Ralph Seeley, Tacoma, for respondent.

SEINFELD, Chief Judge.

John Wilson, a pharmacist at Western State Hospital, claimed that Hospital management wrongly removed him as director of the pharmacy department in retaliation for certain comments he made regarding personnel management. A jury agreed and awarded Wilson $9,000,000 for this violation of his constitutional right to free speech. We hold that the Hospital's interest in proper personnel management outweighs...

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