Legal Opinion
Kim Mikkelsen v. Public Utility District 1 of Kittitas County
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided September 13, 2016No. 33528-3-IIIPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSiddoway, J.
¶1 Kim Mikkelsen appeals the summary judgment dismissal of her wrongful discharge and discriminatory discharge claims against the Kittitas County Public Utility District (PUD), its commissioners, and its former general manager, Charles Ward. Ms. Mikkelsen worked satisfactorily for 27 years, mostly part time, as the PUD’s finance manager and as an interim general manager. But she does not dispute that within the first year of Mr. Ward’s tenure as general manager, she and he “just plain didn’t get along.” Clerk’s Papers (CP) at 380.
¶2 She persuades us that Washington should follow the majority…
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