CASCADE FLORAL PROD., INC. v. DEP. OF LABOR & INDUSTRIES

No. 35461-6-II.

177 P.3d 124 (2006)

CASCADE FLORAL PRODUCTS, INC.; Continental Wholesale Florists, Inc., d/b/a Continental Floral Greens; Hiawatha, Inc.; Hood Canal Evergreens; Pacific Coast Evergreens, Inc.; Puget Sound Evergreens Co., Inc.; Mt. St.. Helens Evergreen, Inc.; Olympic Evergreen, Inc., Respondent, v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRIES, an agency of the State of Washington, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

September 11, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diana Sheythe Cartwright, Attorney Generals Office, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Philip Albert Talmadge, Talmadge Law Group PLLC, Tukwila, WA, for Respondent.


HUNT, J.

¶ 1 The Department of Labor and Industries (L & I) appeals the trial court's summary judgment order declaring that Washington's farm labor contractor act1 (Act) does not apply to the brush picking industry, including Cascade Floral Products and other forest greenery packinghouses. L & I argues that the trial court erred in its ruling because brush picking workers are engaged in "forestation or reforestation" within...

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