Allison v. Housing Authority of City of Seattle

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the Washington Law Against Discrimination requires a “plaintiff to prove that retaliation was a substantial factor behind the [adverse employment] decision”
• stating that adoption of a “but for” standard “would unduly hamper efforts to enforce the law against discrimination and would run contrary to the Legislature’s intent to prevent discrimination”
• acknowledging the WLAD's requirement of liberal construction but adopting an intermediate \`substantial factor'\ standard of proof, rather than the more plaintiff-friendly \`to any degree'\ standard
• looking to ADEA to determine criteria for establishing an age discrimination case under the WLAD
• departing from federal but-for causation for a retaliation claim under the Washington Human Rights Act
• departing from federal but-for causation for a retaliation claim under the Washington Human Rights Act

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