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BRIGGS v. NOVA SERVICES

No. 79615-7.

213 P.3d 910 (2009)

Ken BRIGGS, Judy Robertson, Mark Johnson, Beverly Nunn, Jami Smith, Shirley Bader, Pam Zeller, Margaret ("Peggy") Clark, Odalys P. Castillo, and Valerie Bruck, Petitioners, v. NOVA SERVICES, a Washington nonprofit corporation, and Linda Brennan, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided August 27, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary R. Giannini, Attorney at Law, Spokane, WA, for Petitioners.

Louis Rukavina III, Louis Rukavina PS, Spokane, WA, for Respondents.

Gary Neil Bloom, Harbaugh & Bloom PS, Bryan Patrick Harnetiaux, Attorney at Law, Spokane, WA, Kelby Dahmer Fletcher, Peterson Young Putra, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Trial Lawyers Association Foundation.

Diana M. Kirchheim, Washington State Senate, Olympia, WA, Deborah J. La Fetra, Timothy Sandefur, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Pacific Legal Foundation.

Kathleen Phair Barnard, Schwerin Campbell Barnard Iglitzin & Lav, Jeffrey Lowell Needle, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Employment Lawyers Association.

Gary Neil Bloom, Harbaugh & Bloom PS, Bryan Patrick Harnetiaux, Attorney at Law, Spokane, WA, Kelby Dahmer Fletcher, Peterson Young Putra, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association for Justice Foundation.

J.M. JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 Eight employees of a nonprofit organization did not support the executive director appointed by its board. Instead, the employees made efforts to remove her from office, including sending a letter to the board of directors demanding she be fired. After the board reviewed the employees' charges and affirmed the board's support of the executive director, six of the employees quit and two were fired. The employees claim that their actions constituted...

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