Legal Opinion
Scrivener v. Clark College
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 18, 2014No. 89377-2PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶1 The purpose of Washington’s Law Against Discrimination (WLAD), chapter 49.60 RCW, is to eliminate and prevent discrimination in the workplace. RCW 49.60.010. The legislature passed the statute after finding that discrimination “threatens not only the rights and proper privileges of [Washington] inhabitants but menaces the institutions and foundation of a free democratic state.” Id. Accordingly, the legislature directs us to construe the WLAD liberally. RCW 49.60.020.
Wiggins, J.
¶2 Kathryn Scrivener sued Clark College, claiming that age was the reason it did not hire her for a tenure track…
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