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PIEL v. CITY OF FEDERAL WAY

No. 83882-8.

306 P.3d 879 (2013)

177 Wash.2d 604

Robert PIEL & Jacqueline Piel, husband and wife, Appellants, v. The CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, a Municipality organized pursuant to the laws of the State of Washington, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 27, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Wendell Masters , Shelby R. Frost Lemmel , Masters Law Group PLLC, Bainbridge Island, WA, Stephen Michael Hansen , Law Offices of Stephen M. Hansen PS, Tacoma, WA, for Appellant.

John H. Chun , Otto G. Klein III , Summit Law Group, P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

George M. Ahrend , Ahrend Albrecht PLLC, Ephrata, WA, Bryan Patrick Harnetiaux , Attorney at Law, Spokane, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Assocation.

Daniel Foster Johnson , Breskin Johnson & Townsend PLLC, Jeffrey Lowell Needle , Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Employment Lawyers.

STEPHENS, J.

¶ 1 This case requires us to consider whether a tort claim for wrongful termination in violation of public policy is viable based on provisions of chapter 41.56 RCW involving the Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC). The lower court dismissed Richard Piel's suit against the city of Federal Way (City), concluding the existence of statutory remedies authorized under chapter 41.56 RCW prevented him from establishing the "jeopardy prong" of the...

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