C.J.C. v. CORPORATION OF CATHOLIC BISHOP

Nos. 66252-5, 66580-0, 65654-1.

985 P.2d 262 (1999)

138 Wash.2d 699

C.J.C., Respondent, v. CORPORATION OF the CATHOLIC BISHOP OF YAKIMA, a sole corporation; Father Richard Scully; and Father Dale Calhoun, Petitioners. Juanita Funkhouser, a married woman; Sheri Lewis, a married woman; and Janelle Larson, a married woman, Respondents, v. David Wilson, as personal representative for the Estate of Orin Wilson; Gerry Wilson, a single woman; David Schulz; Calvary Baptist Church of Twisp, Washington, formerly known as Calvary Bible and/or First Baptist Church, the Columbia Baptist Conference, a Washington corporation, Petitioners. E.R.B., a single person, and John Bales and Jody Bales, husband and wife, Petitioners, v. Church of God, a Washington corporation; and Rick Shaw and "Jane Doe" Shaw, husband and wife; A B C Church of God and X Y Z Church of God, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided July 29, 1999.

As Amended September 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra Stephens, Bryan Harnetiaux, Spokane, Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Washington State Trial Lawyers Association.

Andrew L. Subin, Vashon, Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Northwest Womens Law Center.

Thomas West, Martin Burns, Tacoma, Sheryl Willert, Mary Spillane, Nancy Harriss, David Smith, Michael Bolasina, Kenneth Hobbs, Stephen Larson, Thomas Frey, Keith Kemper, Mary Kinerk, Neil Cable, Seattle, Lee Kraft, Joel Salmi, Bellevue, for Petitioners.

Sandra Bobrick, Tacoma, Stephen Hansen, Paul McConnell, James Rogers, Mary Fleck, Stewert Estes, James Dixon, Robert Dickerson, David Jacobi, Seattle, Frederic Fancher, Spokane, for Respondents.


JOHNSON, J.

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