The Washington Court of Appeals revived a former public defender’s tort claims against her employers for a psychological injury brought about by the pervasive harassing conduct of a client she had represented.
Case: LaRose v. King County, No. 50858-3-II, 03/19/2019, published.
Facts: Sheila LaRose worked as a public defender for the Public Defender Association.
PDA served as a contracted nonprofit public defense law firm for King County from 1969 to July 2013. After July 2013, the public defenders became county employees.
In October 2012, PDA assigned LaRose to represent a client on ...
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