Legal Opinion
Wright v. Department of Social & Health Services
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided September 10, 2013No. 42647-1-IIPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHunt, J.
¶1 The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) appeals the trial court’s final order and *588finding that DSHS violated the Public Records Act (PRA)1,2 by failing to provide certain records in response to Amber Wright’s PRA requests. DSHS also appeals the trial court’s award of penalties, litigation costs, and attorney fees to Wright. DSHS argues that (1) of the four records that Wright alleges it failed to disclose, two of them are not governed by the PRA and the other two were time barred; and (2) the trial court erred in awarding PRA damages, attorney fees, costs, and penalties to…
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