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ELLIS v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 68252-6.

13 P.3d 1065 (2000)

David A. ELLIS, Respondent, v. CITY OF SEATTLE, d/b/a Seattle Center, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided December 14, 2000.

As Amended January 8, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Lowell Needle and Maria C. Fox, Seattle, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Employment Lawyers Assoc.

Daniel Charles Gallagher and Mitchell Alan Riese, Seattle, for Petitioner.

Leight Ann Collings Tift, Seattle, Hon. Mark Sidran, Seattle City Attorney, and Jeffrey Julius, Asst., Seattle, for Respondent.

TALMADGE, J.

We decide in this case if David Ellis, a sound technician at the Seattle Center's Key Arena who refused to disable a public address (PA) component of the Arena's fire alarm system at his employer's insistence, presented sufficient evidence to get to the jury on his claim of wrongful discharge based on public policy. We hold Ellis presented sufficient evidence to withstand a motion for summary judgment. We reverse the Court of Appeals' decision on wrongful...

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