Legal Opinion
McCarthy v. DEPT. OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVS.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided June 30, 1988No. 53548-5PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
110 Wn.2d 812 (1988)
759 P.2d 351
HELEN McCARTHY, Respondent,
v.
THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, Petitioner.
No. 53548-5.
The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.
June 30, 1988.
Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Gregory F. Brunson, Assistant, for petitioner.
Miles, Way & Coyne, by Stephen C. Way, for respondent.
DORE, J.
We hold that the State of Washington owes an employee a duty to provide a safe place to work, and where workers' compensation does not apply, such an employee may bring a common law action against the State, for breach of such duty, and resultant damages.
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