Hitter v. Bellevue School District No. 405

Webster, A.C.J.

James Hitter appeals two superior court orders denying him reasonable attorney's fees and dismissing his claims of negligent investigation and defamation. He asserts that the trial court erred in determining that: (1) his arbitration award did not entitle him to attorney's fees under RCW 49.48.030; (2) he failed to prove prima facie that the school district negligently investigated the accusations against him; (3) statements made by the school principal to a student's mother that Hitter had been accused of improperly touching were conditionally privileged; (4) he did not meet…