Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — D2 43703-1-II Published Opinion.pdf

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discriminatory motive in taking an adverse employment action against him based on his

protected status as either a veteran, Mexican -American, or disabled person. 12 See Kastanis, 122

Wn.2d at 491. Alonso recounts as direct evidence of discriminatory motive, Martinez' s stated

hatred of disabled combat veterans, " I will tell you what I hate, people that served in the first

Gulf War for five days and claim a disability." Suppl. CP at 233. This comment does not

expressly reference Alonso, but the record demonstrates that Alonso was the only disabled Gulf

War combat veteran at Qwest and that he claimed a 40 percent combat disability stemming from

his service. Martinez knew of Alonso' s combat veteran status and, according to Alonso, even

stated that he hated the fact that I was receiving disability pay." Suppl. CP at 233. Here, as in

11 Because our discrimination laws substantially parallel Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, we may look to federal law for guidance. Xieng v. Peoples Nat' l Bank of Wash., 120
Wn.2d 512, 518, 844 P. 2d 389 ( 1993).