STARKIST CO. v. STATE

No. 82725-1-I.

522 P.3d 594 (2023)

STARKIST COMPANY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Washington, Respondent, and Dongwon Industries Co. Ltd., and Christopher Lischewski, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Filed January 3, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Mark Goodfriend , Catherine Wright Smith , Smith Goodfriend PS, 1619 8th Ave. N, Seattle, WA, 98109-3007, Paul Renwick Taylor , Byrnes Keller Cromwell LLP, 1000 2nd Ave. Ste. 3800, Seattle, WA, 98104-1062, Christopher S. Yates , Ashley M. Bauer , Belinda S. Lee , Latham & Watkins LLP, 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA, 94111-6538, for Petitioner.

Holly Anne Williams , Washington State Office of the Attorney, 800 Fifth Ave. Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98104-3188, for Respondent.


PUBLISHED OPINION

¶1 StarKist Company appeals a summary judgment order holding it jointly and severally liable for the harm it and its competitors, Chicken of the Sea and Bumble Bee Foods, caused consumers when they conspired to fix the prices of packaged tuna in violation of RCW 19.86.030.

¶2 We reverse...

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