PATRICE v. MURPHY

No. 66568-1.

966 P.2d 1271 (1998)

136 Wash.2d 845

Certification from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington in Jeannette PATRICE, Plaintiff, v. Patrick MURPHY; Michael O. Lively; J. Bodmer; N. Preslar; William Harper; and J. Does 1 to 10, Defendants. Jeannette PATRICE, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF SNOHOMISH; and Snohomish County, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided November 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Sweetser, Spokane County Pros., Martin Muench, Kathryn Lee, Spokane County Pros. Deputies, Spokane, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.

Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Stewart Estes, Seattle, Keithly & Weed, Grant K. Weed, Snohomish, for Defendants.

Stokes, Eitelbach & Lawrence, Scott A.W. Johnson, Claudia M. Balducci, Laura Buckland, Alexander J. Higgins, Seattle, for Plaintiff.


JOHNSON, J.

The United States District Court, Western District of Washington, certified the following question under RCW 2.60:

Whereas RCW 2.42.120, pertaining to "Interpreters in Legal Proceedings" involving the hearing impaired, was added by way of House amendment to Senate Bill No. 4155 (and ultimately enacted as § 12 of Ch. 389 of the Laws of 1985), and whereas the stated subject matter of Senate Bill No. 4155 pertained to "Changing the Definition...

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