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ARNOLD v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 91742-6.

374 P.3d 111 (2016)

Georgiana ARNOLD, Respondent, v. CITY OF SEATTLE, d/b/a Human Services Department, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Decided May 5, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Lawrence , Gregory J. Wong , Sarah Stewart Washburn , Molly Margaret Daily , Seattle City Attorneys Office, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Judith A. Lonnquist , Law Offices of Judith A. Lonnquist, P.S., Philip Albert Talmadge , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick/Tribe, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Susan Sackett Danpullo , Margaret C. McLean , Office of the Attorney General, Khalia Gibson Davis , Washington State Attorney General's Office, Labor & Personnel A.G. Office, Attorney at Law, Olympia, WA, amicus counsel for Attorney General.

Bryan Harnetiaux , WA State Ass'n for Justice Foundation, Spokane, WA, George M. Ahrend , Ahrend Law Firm PLLC, Moses Lake, WA, amicus counsel for Washington Association for Justice Foundation.

Joseph Robert Shaeffer , MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, Daniel Foster Johnson , Breskin Johnson & Townsend PLLC, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Washington Employment Lawyers Association.

¶ 1 RCW 49.48.030 provides that employees are entitled to reasonable attorney fees from their employer or former employer "[i]n any action in which any person is successful in recovering judgment for wages or salary owed to him or her." This case concerns whether a city of Seattle (City) employee who recovered wages from a Seattle...

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