Docket No. 77201-1 Facts:
Petitioner Larie E. Bostain was an interstate truck driver employed by respondent Food Express Inc. out of the company’s Vancouver terminal. Bostain was hired under the agreement he would not be paid overtime if he worked over 40 hours, but rather by the mile once over 200 miles. After being terminated for violating federal driving limitations, Bostain filed suit against Food Express for unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, and willful failure to pay wages. Continue reading
Docket No. 77283-5 Synopsis: Were truck drivers who delivered agricultural goods entitled to overtime wages under the Minimum Wage Act? Continue reading
Docket No. 77484-6 Facts: Petitioner Alex Moore was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver after a search of his person following his arrest for refusing to cooperate with a police officer revealed cocaine and $800 in cash. Moore appealed his conviction, asserting that his arrest and the subsequent search of his person were unlawful insofar as refusing to cooperate with a police officer by providing a false name is not a crime unless the person doing so is being stopped and cited for a traffic violation. The Washington Court of Appeals affirmed Moore’s conviction, holding that although Moore was not being cited for a traffic violation, he could have been given that his seatbelt was unfastened at the time that the automobile that he was a passenger in was stopped. Continue reading
Docket No. 77291-6 Facts:
In a consolidation of 3 cases, petitioners Morin, Gutz, and Matia Investment Funds Inc. properly initiated lawsuits against respondents Burris, Johnson, and the City of Tacoma respectively. In all three cases the respondents failed to file answers or formally appear in court when actions where brought against them, resulting in the successful motion for default judgment by the petitioners. The respondents moved to vacate the default judgment, claiming they had informally appeared and were entitled to notice of default proceedings. Continue reading