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NEGRON v. SNOQUALMIE VALLEY HOSP.

No. 36472-3-I.

936 P.2d 55 (1997)

Kathleen NEGRON and Rafael Negron, husband and wife and their marital community, Appellants, v. SNOQUALMIE VALLEY HOSPITAL, Defendant, Overlake Hospital, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

As Amended June 13 and July 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie M. Schisel, Ellen Chestnut, Law Offices of Linn & Schisel, Lonnie G. Davis, Seattle, for Appellants.

Clifford Lee Peterson, Gig Harbor, for Snoqualmie.

Mary K. McIntyre, Lee Miller Barns, McIntyre & Barns, Seattle, for Overlake.

BECKER, Judge.

Kathleen and Rafael Negron, who are deaf, appeal the dismissal of their discrimination claims on summary judgment. We reverse and remand for trial.

Under the Washington Law Against Discrimination it is a civil right to be free from discrimination in public accommodations based on a sensory disability.1 Discrimination in a place of public accommodation is actionable.2 A prima facie claim...

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