Legal Opinion
Korean Presbyterian Church of Seattle Normalization Committee v. Sun Young Lee
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided September 26, 1994No. 32785-2-IPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKennedy, J.
Five members of The Ministerial Relations Committee of the Northwest Presbytery of the Korean Presbyterian Church in America (Petitioners) sought discretionary review in this court of the trial court’s order on summary judgment allowing 11 members of the Korean Presbyterian Church of Seattle Normalization Committee (Respondents) to proceed with their claims against Petitioners for the tort of outrage for announcing to the congregation from the pulpit the excommunications of the 11.
We granted discretionary review and now reverse and remand for dismissal of the tort claims. The Respondents’…
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