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HATCH v. CITY OF ALGONA

No. 58669-6-I.

167 P.3d 1175 (2007)

Jorda L. HATCH, a single person, Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF ALGONA, a Washington municipality, Appellant, The Boeing Company, a Delaware corporation, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered September 28, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Turner Kugler, Burgess Fitzer PS, Tacoma, WA, for Appellant.

Grant Josiah Silvernale III, Kelly F. Moser, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

DWYER, J.

¶ 1 An employer participating in Washington's industrial insurance system1 may voluntarily undertake a contractual obligation to reimburse a third party for sums of money that the third party paid to the employer's employee, arising from a tort claim by the employee against the third party. However, for such a contractual obligation to be enforceable, the employer must have explicitly...

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