Wright v. Lyft, Inc.

Filing 72

ORDER granting 71 Stipulated Motion to Certify Questions to the Washington Supreme Court. Signed by Judge Barbara J. Rothstein. (PM)

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The Honorable Barbara J. Rothstein 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 KENNETH WRIGHT, on his own behalf and on behalf of other similarly situated persons, 10 11 12 Plaintiff, v. Case No. 2:14−cv−00421−BJR ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED MOTION TO CERTIFY QUESTIONS TO THE WASHINGTON SUPREME COURT LYFT, INC., a Delaware Corporation, 13 Defendants. 14 15 16 17 18 19 This matter came before the Court on the Stipulated Motion to Certify Questions to the Washington Supreme Court. Having considered the motion, the papers filed in support of the motion, and the files and records herein, the Stipulated Motion to Certify Questions to the Washington Supreme Court is GRANTED and the following issues are hereby certified to the 20 21 22 23 Washington Supreme Court under RCW 2.60.020: 1. Does the recipient of a text message that violates the Consumer Electronic Mail Act, Ch. 19.190 RCW (“CEMA”), have a private right of action for damages (as opposed to injunctive relief) directly under that statute? 24 25 26 27 ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO CERTIFY LEGAL QUESTIONS TO THE WASHINGTON SUPREME COURT Case No. 2:14−cv−00421−BJR - 1 1 2. 2 3 Does the liquidated damages provision of CEMA, RCW 19.190.040(1), establish the causation and/or injury elements of a claim under the Washington Consumer Protection Act, Ch. 19.86 RCW (“CPA”), as a matter of law or must the recipient of a text message that violates CEMA first prove injury in fact before he or she can recover the liquidated damage amount? 4 5 6 7 DATED this 16th day of _February_, 2017. 8 9 A 10 Barbara Jacobs Rothstein U.S. District Court Judge 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Presented by: 19 /s/ Donald W. Heyrich Donald W. Heyrich, WSBA #23091 20 23 HKM ATTORNEYS 600 Stewart Street, Suite 901 Seattle, WA 98101 Tel: (206) 838-2504 Fax: (206) 260-3055 dheyrich@hkm.com 24 Attorneys for Plaintiff 21 22 25 26 27 ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO CERTIFY LEGAL QUESTIONS TO THE WASHINGTON SUPREME COURT Case No. 2:14−cv−00421−BJR - 2 1 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned attorney certifies that on the 9th day of February, 2017, I electronically 3 filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send 4 notification of such filing to all counsel on record in the matter. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 /s/ Donald W. Heyrich Donald W. Heyrich, WSBA #23091 HKM ATTORNEYS 600 Stewart Street, Suite 901 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: (206) 838-2504 Facsimile: (206) 260-3055 Email: dheyrich@hkm.com 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO CERTIFY LEGAL QUESTIONS TO THE WASHINGTON SUPREME COURT Case No. 2:14−cv−00421−BJR - 3

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