Peoples v. Puget Sound's Best Chicken!, Inc.

¶1 — Leon Peoples sued Puget Sound’s Best Chicken! Inc., doing business as Popeye’s Chicken & Biscuits, along with Bennie Martin and Martin’s marital community (collectively Popeye’s),1 for events that occurred during his employment at a Popeye’s restaurant on Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM). The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Popeye’s based on the federal enclave doctrine and dismissed Peoples’s lawsuit without prejudice after determining that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction.

Bjorgen, A.C.J.

*694¶2 On appeal, Peoples argues that the trial court erred by dismissing his…