Legal Opinion
Kumar v. Gate Gourmet, Inc.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 22, 2014No. 88062-0PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGordon McCloud, J.
¶1 Appellants James Kumar, Ranveer Singh, Asegedew Gefe, and Abbas Kosymov brought a class action lawsuit against their employer, Gate Gourmet Inc., alleging two common law torts and two violations of Washington’s Law Against Discrimination (the WLAD), chapter 49.60 RCW. The lawsuit stems from Gate Gourmet’s employee meal policy, which bars employees from bringing in their own food for lunch (for security reasons), leaving only employer-provided food for the employees to eat. According to the plaintiffs, the policy forces them to work without food or eat food that violates their religious…
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