January 17, 1996

Today’s Cases

Whether the Law Against Discrimination, RCW 49.60, authorizes private employment discrimination actions against employers of fewer than eight persons, and if not, whether this limitation violates the privileges and immunities clause of the state constitution.

Whether job security provisions in a collective bargaining agreement are enforceable beyond a classified public school employees statutory one-year term of employment.

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Whether the trial court erroneously excluded testimony by a witness who claimed to have seen the victim, after she was abducted, with a man other than the defendant.

Whether extrinisic evidence of the meaning of certain marks on a certificate of credit life insurance, obtained when purchasing a vehicle, created an issue of fact as to the parties’ intent regarding converage for both purchasing spouses.

These summaries are not formulated by the Court and are provided for the convenience of the public only.