Legal Opinion
Floeting v. Grp. Health Coop.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided January 31, 2019No. 95205-1PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
González, J.
*850¶ 1 The Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD) makes it unlawful for "any person or *851the person's agent or employee to commit an act [of] discrimination ... in any place of public ... accommodation." RCW 49.60.215. Christopher Floeting alleges that a Group Health Cooperative employee repeatedly sexually harassed him while he was seeking medical treatment. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination. Group Health argues that we should import workplace sexual harassment doctrines into the public accommodations context, categorically limiting employer liability. We decline…
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