STORTI v. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

No. 88323-8.

330 P.3d 159 (2014)

181 Wn.2d 28

Duane STORTI, and a class of faculty members, Petitioners, v. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Albert Talmadge , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick, Seattle, WA, Stephen Kolden Strong , David Frank Stobaugh , Stephen Kirk Festor , Bendich Stobaugh & Strong PC, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Louis David Peterson , Mary Eileen Crego Peterson , Michael Jacob Ewart , Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson PS, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Mary Danford Forsgaard , Young de Normandie PC, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Association of University Professors.


MADSEN, C.J.

¶ 1 At issue is whether a university may suspend an annual merit-based raise when the university's promise warned faculty that the raise scheme may be reevaluated in response to changing financial conditions. Petitioners, a class of University of Washington (U.W.) professors, allege that this suspension breached a unilateral contract they held with the university because the professors had substantially...

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