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SAUCEDO v. JOHN HANCOCK LIFE & HEALTH INS.

No. 91945-3.

369 P.3d 150 (2016)

185 Wash.2d 171

Certification from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Abelardo SAUCEDO; Felipe Acevedo Mendoza; Jose Villa Medonza; Javier Saucedo; Sandra Saucedo, Individually, and on behalf of all other similarly situated persons, Appellees, v. JOHN HANCOCK LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE CO.; Texas Municipal Plans Consortium, LLC, Defendants, NW Management and Realty Services, Inc.; John Hancock Life Insurance Company, Defendants, Farmland Management Services, Appellant. Abelardo Saucedo; Felipe Acevedo Mendoza; Jose Villa Medonza; Javier Saucedo; Sandra Saucedo, Individually, and on behalf of all other similarly situated persons, Appellees, v. John Hancock Life Insurance Company; John Hancock Life & Health Insurance Co.; Texas Municipal Plans Consortium, LLC, Appellants, Farmland Management Services; NW Management and Realty Services, Inc., Defendants. Abelardo Saucedo; Felipe Acevedo Mendoza; Jose Villa Medonza; Javier Saucedo; Sandra Saucedo, Individually, and on behalf of all other similarly situated persons, Appellees, v. John Hancock Life Insurance Company; John Hancock Life & Health Insurance Co.; Texas Municipal Plans Consortium, LLC; Farmland Management Services, Defendants, NW Management and Realty Services, Inc., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided March 3, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Jordan Isley, Columbia Legal Services, Yakima, WA, Joachim Morrison, Attorney at Law, Wenatchee, WA, Andrea L. Schmitt, Columbia Legal Services, Olympia, WA, for Plaintiff.

Christopher Glenn Emch, Foster Pepper PLLC, Seattle, WA, John Ray Nelson, Foster Pepper PLLC, Leslie Richard Weatherhead, Geana Mae Van Dessel, Lee & Hayes, PLLC, Spokane, WA, Brendan V. Monahan, Sarah Lynn Clarke Wixson, Stokes Lawrence Velikanje Moore & Shore, Yakima, WA, Susan Felice DiCicco, Ari M. Selman, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY, David B. Salmons, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

Christie Johnson Fix, Frank Freed Subit & Thomas, Jeffrey Lowell Needle, Seattle, WA, for amicus counsel for Washington Employment Lawyers Association.

Amanda J. Goss, Attorney General Office, Seattle Labor & Industries A.G. Office, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for amicus counsel for Department of Labor and Industries.

¶ 1 This case is a class action lawsuit by farmworkers against four corporate defendants. It requires us to answer two questions, certified to this court by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, about Washington's farm labor contractor act (FLCA), chapter 19.30 RCW. The first question implicates RCW 19...

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