Ellis v. City of Seattle

— We decide in this case if David Ellis, a sound technician at the Seattle Center’s Key Arena who refused to disable a public address (PA) component of the Arena’s fire alarm system at his employer’s insistence, presented sufficient evidence to get to the jury on his claim of wrongful discharge based on public policy. We hold Ellis presented sufficient evidence to withstand a motion for summary judgment. We reverse the Court of Appeals’ decision on wrongful discharge based on public policy and remand that portion of Ellis’s case, along with his claim of retaliatory discharge pursuant to RCW…