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WINGERT v. YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 70972-6.

50 P.3d 256 (2002)

146 Wash.2d 841

Roger A. WINGERT, David Mauldin, Russell A. Childs, Terence Swannack, Rick Wallace, Trever Vardeur, Jason C. Varieor, Joseph Leach, Michael J. Kelly, Scott Mills, Marvin Posick, Mark Johanneck, Lonnie Pappas, Eric R. Staley, Robert Ostler, Randy Everett, Richard Oughton, Dave L. Allen, Tarry Rohr, Richard P. Somes, Kyle Jones, Keith McDonel, Ralph Sweet, Matt Carroll, Troy D. Cates, Wendell Crosby, Chuck Deaver, Joseph Loran, Kirby L. Soike, Gary Doehring, Daniel G. Fisher, Stephen T. Leighton, Richard A. Biel, Grover W. Smith, Rick Storlie, Rick Wallace, John Eugene Baker, Billy Duryee, Max D. McMahan, Robert L. Ray, Wallace R. Morgan, Keith Blaine, Gary D. Bolen, William Taft Case, Ralph Hubbard, Aaron J. Fortune, John E. Roufs, James Freyberg, Leslie Curt Holloway, Robert W. Jutte, Dennis M. Murdock, Doug Murray, Roger Hamblin, Robert A. Newman, Sr., Lawrence R. Baker, Bryan Hott, Mark Johnson, Ronald D. Reno, Kelly G. Burke, David L. Cook, Dean A. Ambler, William L. West, Jr., Robert Rucker, Jerry Townsend, Fred Sheppard, Eric C. Stone, Dan Purcell, Norman J. Roth, Ross D. Johnson, Michael J. Stout, Paul F. Mix, Gary D. Neuman, Jeffrey M. Read, Robert Murphy, Andrew Graden, Joel D. Johanneck, Nels F. Stromberg, Archer G. Martinson, Albert N. Peterson, John A. Rice, Thomas Schwendeman, Mark Hutton, Dean W. Talkington, M. Berger, Edward Murphy, Robert White, Steven G. Pryor, Hermann Maag, Richard A. Nash, Jack F. O'Neal, Jan Mulhorn, and Raymond E. Ling, Respondents, v. YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC., a Washington State Corporation, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided July 18, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dmitri Iglitzin, of Schwerin Campbell Barnard, L.L.P., Seattle, for Petitioner.

J. Markham Marshall, of Preston Gates & Ellis, L.L.P., Seattle, for Respondents.

Harris, Mericle & Wakayama, Andrew Shafer, Seattle, Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Washington Trucking Association.

Lane, Powell, Spears & Lubersky, Michael King, Barbara Duffy, Sarah Haushild, Douglas Smith, Nancy Anderson, Seattle, Amicus Curiae on Behalf of IBP Inc.

Christine Gregoire, Attorney General, Suchi Sharma, Asst., Olympia, Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Department of Labor & Industries.

Martin Garfinkel, David Mark, Attorneys at Law, Seattle, Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Washington Labor Council.

Perkins Coie, Clemens Barnes, Karen Kruse, Seattle, Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Association of Washington Business.

Daniel Ford, Norman Lumbreras, Attorneys at Law, Seattle, Mary Welch, Attorney at Law, Kennewick, Amicus Curiae on Behalf of National Employment Law Project.

Rebecca Smith, Attorney at Law, Olympia, Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Casa Latina.

Michelle Mentzer, Attorney at Law, Seattle, Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Northwest Justice Project.

David Mark, Attorney at Law, Seattle, Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Alvarez v. IBP.

IRELAND, J.

Yellow Freight Systems, Inc., seeks review of a Court of Appeals' decision reversing the trial court's summary dismissal of its employees' wage claims. The employees brought suit alleging Yellow Freight violated WAC 296-126-092(4) by failing to provide paid rest periods in accordance with the regulation's standards. At issue is whether a private cause of action exists to pursue the claim, whether the rest break...

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