Alex SALAS, a single person, Petitioner,
v.
HI-TECH ERECTORS, a Washington corporation, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued November 16, 2009.
Decided April 15, 2010.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert B. Kornfeld, Kornfeld Trudell Bowen & Lingenbrink, P.L.L.C., Kirkland, WA, Charles Kenneth Wiggins, Wiggins & Masters, P.L.L.C., Bainbridge Island, WA, for Petitioner.
Matthew Taylor Boyle, Mitchell, Lang & Smith, Thomas A. Heinrich, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.
Sarah A. Dunne, Nancy Lynn Talner, ACLU, Jeffrey Lowell Needle, Seattle, WA, Amicus Counsel for American Civil Liberties Union of Washington and Washington Employment Lawyers Association.
Joachim Morrison, Attorney at Law, Wenatchee, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Centro de Ayuda solidaria a los Amigos (CASA) Latina.
Maria Lorena Gonzalez, Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Latino Bar Association of Washington.
Sean M. Phelan, Frank, Freed, Subit & Thomas, Lori K. Rath, Rath Law & Mediation, P.L.L.C., Sara Lyle Ainsworth, Legal Voice, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Legal Voice.
Matthew Hyrum Adams, NW Immigrants Rights Project, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Northwest Immigrants' Rights Project.
Rebecca A. Smith, National Employment Law Project, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of the National Employment Law Project.
Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.
FAIRHURST, J.
¶ 1 Alex Salas asks us to reverse a published Court of Appeals decision affirming a jury verdict in favor of Hi-Tech Erectors. Salas was injured when he slipped from a ladder erected by Hi-Tech while working at a construction site. He sued Hi-Tech alleging negligence. At trial, evidence was admitted that Salas was an undocumented immigrant. He argues that the trial court erred by admitting this evidence. We agree and reverse the Court of Appeals...
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