A federal judge in Tacoma denied dismissal of free-speech and free-exercise claims brought by Christian foster parents who received a restricted license after refusing to use a child's preferred pronouns, holding that Washington's SOGIE-affirmation licensin...
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington has denied a motion to remand a putative class action against trucking company Saia, Inc., holding that the defendant satisfied the Class Action Fairness Act’s $5 million jurisdictional threshold.
Judge Benjamin H. Settle of the Western District of Washington denied Christopher Mills' motion to remand, holding that Saia Inc. met its burden to show the amount in controversy exceeded $5 million under the Class Action Fairness Act.
A federal judge granted Ocean Shores firefighter and Army reservist Travis Bearden summary judgment on his claim for 21 days of paid military leave for the 2020–21 fiscal year but denied his bid for leave through 2026, finding a factual dispute over whether...
The Washington Supreme Court held that public employees are entitled to up to 21 days of paid military leave under RCW 38.40.060 even if they are not scheduled to work because they are on active duty during an extended military leave of absence.
A federal judge in Tacoma denied the Postmaster General's bid to end a Title VII hostile-work-environment suit brought by a Chinese-American postmaster who alleges USPS employees and management targeted her with discriminatory complaints that led to her dem...
A federal judge in Tacoma ruled that a psychiatrist's trademark infringement suit against a rival TMS clinic must go to trial on the core disputed issues, while holding as a matter of law that the "Olympia TMS" mark is descriptive rather than generic.
A federal district court in Washington has granted summary judgment to two shipyard defendants in a maritime negligence suit brought by the widow of a worker who died of mesothelioma, ruling that the plaintiff failed to provide admissible evidence linking h...