Bricker v. Department of Labor & Industries

¶1 After the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) conceded that it had failed to respond in a timely manner to Ken Bricker’s public records request, the trial court imposed a per diem penalty of $90 for the untimely disclosure of 16 documents and a per diem penalty of $15 for the untimely disclosure of 3 additional documents, for a total penalty of $29,445. Bricker appeals the trial court’s refusal to impose a per document penalty in addition to the per diem penalty, and L&I cross appeals the amount of the per diem penalty. Because the trial court’s award did not constitute an abuse of…