McCLARTY v. TOTEM ELEC.

No. 75024-6.

137 P.3d 844 (2006)

Kenneth McCLARTY, Respondent, v. TOTEM ELECTRIC, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided July 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Jeffery, Elisabeth Anne Kranz, The Jeffery Group PLLC, Seattle, for Petitioner/Appellant.

Daniel Foster Johnson, Short Cressman & Burgess, Anne-Marie E. Sargent, Connor & Sargent PLLC, Seattle, for Appellee/Respondent.

John Stephen Riper, Stanislaw Ashbaugh LLP, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae (Associated General Contractors of Washington.)

Jeffrey Lowell Needle, Maynard Building, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae (Washington Employment Lawyers Assoc.)

Richard D Reed, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae (Washington Employment Lawyers Assoc.)


J.M. JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 Totem Electric seeks review of a Court of Appeals decision reversing the summary judgment dismissal of a disparate treatment discrimination claim brought by a former employee, Kenneth McClarty (McClarty). The central issue is the definition of "disability" within the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD), chapter 49.60 RCW. For the reasons stated herein, we reverse and remand for the trial...

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