Washington High Court Majority Finds Emails Between County, Department Privileged

Mealey's (May 18, 2018, 12:31 PM EDT) -- OLYMPIA, Wash. — A 7-2 Washington Supreme Court on May 17 found that emails between a county and the Washington Department of Ecology were protected from disclosure under the Public Records Act (PRA) because they were work product and because the sharing of the information between the parties did not constitute a waiver of that privilege (Kittitas County v. Sky Allphin, et al., No. 93562-9, Wash. Sup., 2018 Wash. Sup., 2018 Wash. LEXIS 336)....