Docket No. 44071; 44214  Facts: Washington Revised Code §3.34.060 and §3.50.040 permit non-lawyers to serve as judges in district courts in misdemeanor cases in districts with populations of less than 10,000. Respondent Gary Robert Young was charged with violating a municipal ordinance in the district court of the town of Republic before a non-lawyer judge as permitted by statute due to the population of the judicial district in which Republic is located. Continue reading →

Docket No. 45619  Facts: Respondent Vicki Lamon filed suit against petitioner McDonnell Douglas in the Superior Court for King County after being injured by falling through an open escape hatch while working as a stewardess on an aircraft manufactured by McDonnell Douglas. Lamon alleged that the aircraft was defectively designed and manufactured and that McDonnell Douglas was subject to strict liability. Continue reading →