Police Chief’s Summary Judgment Motion Granted In Accident Records Release Suit

Mealey's (January 3, 2019, 11:21 AM EST) -- SPOKANE, Wash. — A Washington police chief is entitled to immunity in a privacy-related class lawsuit over the release of accident reports, and the claims against unnamed defendants must also be dismissed due to the plaintiff’s failure to identify the parties in the 20 months since the lawsuit was filed, a Washington federal judge ruled Dec. 21 in granting a motion for summary judgment (Jade Wilcox v. John Batiste, et al., No. 17-122, E.D. Wash., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 215833)....