CORNWELL v. MICROSOFT CORP.

No. 94846-1.

430 P.3d 229 (2018)

Dawn CORNWELL, Petitioner, v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed November 29, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Bean , Alexander J. Higgins , Cody Cortez Fenton-Robertson , Bean Law Group, 2200 6th Avenue, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98121-1844, for Petitioner.

Gregory Alan Hendershott , Melissa Kimberly Mordy , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 777 108th Avenue NE, Suite 2300, Bellevue, WA 98004-5149, Laura Anne Turczanski , Stephen Michael Rummage , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 1201 3rd Avenue, Suite 2200, Seattle, WA 98101-3045, Cynthia B. Jones , Jones Legal Group, LLC, 1200 5th Avenue, Suite 625, Seattle, WA 98101-3118, for Respondents.

Robert Andrew Battles , Association of Washington Business, 1414 Cherry Street SE, Olympia, WA 98501-2341, Timothy J. O'Connell , Stoel Rives LLP, 600 University Street, Suite 3600, Seattle, WA 98101-3197, for Amici Curiae The Association of Washington Business, The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Jeffrey Lowell Needle , Attorney at Law, 705 2nd Avenue, Suite 1050, Seattle, WA 98104-1759, Christie Johnson Fix , Frank Freed Subit & Thomas, 705 2nd Avenue, Suite 1200, Seattle, WA 98104-1798, for Amicus Curiae Washington Employment Lawyers Association.


¶ 1 Dawn Cornwell asks us to reverse the grant of summary judgment in her retaliation claim against her former employer, Microsoft Corporation. At issue is whether she presented enough evidence to show that her supervisors had sufficient knowledge that she had taken a protected action under...

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