Legal Opinion
Jenkins v. Palmer
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided April 23, 2003No. 26379-3-IIPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSeinfeld, J.
Debra Palmer appeals the dismissal of her counterclaim against Prince I. Jenkins in which she alleged that Jenkins violated the Washington Law Against Dis*673crimination, chapter 49.60 RCW (WLAD). The trial court ruled that the WLAD does not apply to the situation where a co-worker, acting on his own behalf, harasses, threatens, or makes sexual advances toward another worker. We agree that the WLAD, even when liberally construed to effectuate its broad purposes, does not cover this situation. Thus, we affirm.
FACTS
Palmer and Jenkins were co-workers at the Washington Corrections Center (WCC) in…
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