Legal Opinion
Hegwine v. Longview Fibre Co.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided April 25, 2006No. 33174-8-IIPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVan Deren, J.
¶1 — Stacy Hegwine sued Longview Fibre Company (Fibre) in Cowlitz County Superior Court, alleging that Fibre discharged her from employment based on her gender and pregnancy in violation of RCW 49.60.180 of the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD). A bench trial resulted in a judgment for Fibre based on a disability accommodation analysis. We reverse and remand for determination of Hegwine’s damages, holding that disability accommodation analysis does not apply and that Fibre impermissibly assumed that her pregnancy constituted a temporary disability that it could not accommodate and…
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