EASLEY v. SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC.

No. 43712-7-I.

994 P.2d 271 (2000)

99 Wash.App. 459

Lawrence EASLEY, Appellant, v. SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC., a foreign corporation; W.L. Downing, Jane Doe Downing, and their marital community, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

February 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen M. Ryan, Seattle, for Appellant.

Alexander J. Higgins, Frederick T. Rasmussen, Stokes Lawrence, P.S., Seattle, for Respondents.


ELLINGTON, J.

Washington law requires that an employer provide reasonable accommodation to an employee with a disability. The question here is whether the jury should have been instructed that the employer must prove a proposed "reasonable" accommodation constituted an undue hardship to the employer. We hold that such an instruction was required, and reverse.

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