ROBERTS v. DUDLEY

No. 22382-1-II.

966 P.2d 377 (1998)

92 Wash.App. 652

Lynne Elizabeth ROBERTS, Appellant, v. Eric G. DUDLEY, D.V.M. and Rebecca Dudley, and their marital community, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

September 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David William Murdach, Tacoma, for Appellant.

Gregory John Murphy, Eisenhower Carlson PLLC, Tacoma, for Respondents.


MORGAN, J.

Lynne Roberts worked for Eric G. Dudley, a veterinarian with fewer than eight employees.1 Dudley discharged her, allegedly because she was female. She sued, claiming a common law, nonstatutory cause of action for gender discrimination. Declining to recognize such a cause of action, the trial court dismissed. We reverse and remand.

Roberts began working at the North End Veterinary Clinic on December 4, 1972. She was still...

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