85 Wash. App. 150 - Fray v. Spokane County’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently January 2023
15 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Locke · State v. Thorne · State v. Manussier · Washington Fed. of State Emp. v. State · 117 Wash. 2d 655 - City of Yakima v. International Ass'n of Fire Fighters
Most-quoted passages
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“AN ACT Relating to making technical corrections to chapter 35, Laws of 1991; amending RCW 41.26.005 . . . adding a new section to chapter 41.26 RCW . . . recodifying RCW 41.26.058. . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The Legislature granted LEOFF Plan II members the “right to sue” their employers for negligence. The attempted amendment by the Legislature in 1992 violates both sections 19 and 37 of article II of the Washington State Constitution. Deputy Fray’s receipt of benefits under the Industrial Insurance Act also does not bar his right to sue his employer. We reverse the trial court’s grant of summary judgment and reinstate Deputy Fray’s cause of action.[ 18 ]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[the bill's title] does not give fair notice that ... Plan II members no longer have the right to sue their employers....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Patrice v. Murphy
How this case has been treated — in progress
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