Shahriary

MEMORANDUM *

The plaintiff-appellant Iradj Mark Shahriary appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants on his claims for: (1) intentional and negligent misrepresentation; (2) national origin *159 and age discrimination; (3) -wrongful termination in violation of public policy; and (4) breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing. For the following reasons, we affirm the decision of the district court in its entirety-

1. Intentional and Negligent Misrepresentation

To state a claim for fraudulent misrepresentation under Washington law, a plaintiff must establish the following nine elements by clear, cogent, and convincing evidence: (1) a representation of an existing fact; (2) materiality; (3) falsity; (4) the speaker’s knowledge of its falsity; (5) intent of the speaker that it should be acted upon by the plaintiff; (6) plaintiffs ignorance of its falsity; (7) plaintiffs reliance on the truth of the representation; (8) plaintiffs right to rely upon it; and (9) damages suffered by the plaintiff. Stiley v. Block, 130 Wash.2d 486 , 925 P.2d 194, 204 (1996). To state a claim for negligent misrepresentation, a…