Legal Opinion
Scrivener v. Clark College
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided September 4, 2013No. 43051-7-IIPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Johanson, A.C.J.
¶1 Kathryn Scrivener, a nonpermanent member of Clark College’s faculty, sought one of two tenure-track positions at the college. When the college hired younger candidates to fill those positions, she sued the college for age discrimination under Washington’s Law Against Discrimination1 (WLAD). The trial court dismissed the suit on summary judgment. Because Scrivener does not demonstrate that Clark College’s nondiscriminatory explanations for hiring the other candidates were pretext for discrimination, we affirm.
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¶2 In 1994, Clark College hired the then 42-year-old…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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