Negron v. Snoqualmie Valley Hospital

Kathleen and Rafael Negron, who are deaf, appeal the dismissal of their discrimination claims on summary judgment. We reverse and remand for trial.

Under the Washington Law Against Discrimination it is a civil right to be free from discrimination in public accommodations based on a sensory disability.1 Discrimination in a place of public accommodation is actionable.2 A prima facie claim requires four elements: (1) plaintiff has a disability; (2) defendant’s establishment is a place of public accommodation; (3) defendant discriminated against plaintiff by providing treatment that was not…