BLINKA v. WASHINGTON STATE BAR ASS'N

No. 46715-8-I.

36 P.3d 1094 (2001)

109 Wash.App. 575

Cathy BLINKA, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON STATE BAR ASSOCIATION (a subdivision of the State of Washington); Dennis Harwick, former Executive Director; and Bob Welden, General Counsel of the Washington State Bar Association, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

December 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Lowell Needle, Attorney at Law, Seattle, for Appellant.

Mary H. Spillane, Williams Kastner & Gibbs, Seattle, for Respondent WA. State Bar Assoc.

Stokes Lawrence, by Carolyn Cairns and Laura J. Buckland, Seattle, for Respondents Dennis Harwick and Robert Welden.


COLEMAN, J.

While employed as a staff attorney for the Washington State Bar Association ("WSBA"), Cathy Blinka was subpoenaed to give deposition testimony in a suit against the WSBA initiated by a former employee. In her deposition, Blinka was asked about discriminatory practices at the WSBA. Blinka's answers were extremely unfavorable to the WSBA and included allegations of sexual harassment, racial discrimination, and abusive...

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