Michael Michelbrink, Jr. v. Washington State Patrol

¶1 — The Washington State Patrol (WSP) filed an interlocutory appeal challenging the superior court’s denial of summary judgment against former WSP trooper Michael Michelbrink’s lawsuit for damages resulting from being shot with a Taser 1 at the workplace as part of WSP’s Taser training. Michelbrink argued that being shot with a Taser fell within the deliberate intention exception 2 to the Washington State Industrial Insurance Act’s 3 (IIA) general prohibition of civil suits for workplace injuries. 4

¶2 In a previous opinion, we affirmed the superior court. Michelbrink v. Wash. State Patrol,…