BLANEY v. INTERNATIONAL ASS'N OF MACHINISTS

No. 73306-6.

87 P.3d 757 (2004)

151 Wash.2d 203

Linda BLANEY, Respondent, v. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS, DISTRICT NO. 160, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided April 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Peter Mele, Seattle, for Petitioner.

Philip Albert Talmadge, Talmadge & Stockmeyer, Tukwila, Stephen Patrick Connor, Stephen P. Connor PLLC, Seattle, for Respondent.

Christopher S. Marks, Williams Kastner & Gibbs PLLC, Seattle, Stewart Andrew Estes, Keating Bucklin & McCormack, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae (Washington Defense Trial Lawyers).

Jeffrey Lowell Needle, Michael Craig Subit, Frank Freed Subit & Thomas LLP, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae (Washington Employment Lawyers Association).

Debra Leigh Williams Stephens, Bryan Patrick Harnetiaux, Spokane, for Amicus Curiae Washington State Trial Lawyers Assoc. Foundation.


FAIRHURST, J.

Three questions are presented in this gender discrimination case brought pursuant to Washington's Law Against Discrimination (WLAD), chapter 49.60 RCW. Did the Court of Appeals properly find that the trial court's jury instruction on front pay constituted harmless error? Did the Court of Appeals properly find that WLAD entitles Linda Blaney to an offset for the additional federal income tax consequences from her damage awards? And is Ms. Blaney entitled...

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