Docket No. 79988-1 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 56812-4) Facts: Petitioner Eric Bahl was convicted of second degree rape and burglary in the Superior Court for Snohomish County and sentenced to a term of imprisonment to be followed by a life term of community custody. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Pardee v. Jolly
Docket No. 80066-9 (from Court of Appeals Division II Case No. 34006-2) Facts: Petitioner Gary Pardee entered into an agreement to purchase real estate from respondent Willis Jolly. The terms of the agreement stipulated that Pardee would make periodic payments during an initial period in which he could occupy and improve the property prior to exercising an option to purchase the property outright. After Pardee failed to notify Jolly in writing of his intent to purchase the property upon tendering the final payment, Jolly refused to sell the property when Pardee later notified him of his intent to exercise the purchase option. Continue reading
Lane v. Seattle
Docket No. 80204-1 (from King Case No. 05-2-07351-9) Facts: Following the Supreme Court of Washington’s decision in Okeson v. Seattle declaring that the provision of streetlights and other analogous services are public functions that must be funded by revenues drawn from cities’ general funds, the respondent city of Seattle ordered Seattle Public Utility to cease charging ratepayers for fire hydrants and instead began using general fund revenues to fund the provision of fire hydrants, Continue reading
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company v. Onvia, Inc.
Docket No. 80359-5 (from Snohomish Case No. 05-2-05960-3) Facts: Responsive Management Systems filed suit against Onvia, Inc. after Onvia sent Responsive Management Systems unsolicited advertisements via fax in violation of state and federal law. Although Onvia tendered the claim to its insurer, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company determined that it had no duty to defend or indemnify Onvia Continue reading
Verizon Northwest, Inc. v. Employment Security Department
Docket No. 81024-9 (from Snohomish Case No. 05-2-05960-3) Facts: Petitioner Verizon Northwest Inc. sought judicial review of the respondent Employment Security Department’s decision that several managerial employees who chose to participate in a voluntary separation program as part of a reduction in force were qualified to receive unemployment compensation. Continue reading
Yousoufian v. Office of Ron Sims
Docket No. 80081-2 Facts: Respondent Armen Yousoufian filed suit against the Office of Ron Sims, the King County Executive, in the Superior Court for King County, alleging that the county had acted in bad faith in failing to timely and fully respond to public records requests relating to stadium financing. Continue reading
Spain v. Employment Security Department
Docket No. 79878-8 (from King Case No. 99-1-04351-7) Facts: After resigning from her job due to verbal abuse by her supervisor, petitioner Sara Spain applied for unemployment benefits. The respondent Employment Security Department rejected her application on grounds that individuals who leave their jobs voluntarily for reasons other those specified by Washington Revised Code §50.20.050(2)(b)(i)-(x) as non-disqualifying are not eligible for unemployment benefits. Continue reading
Washington v. Kier
Docket No. 81030-3 (from King Case No. 99-1-04351-7) Facts: Petitioner Herbert Kier was convicted of first degree robbery and second degree assault in the Superior Court for King County after he and an accomplice stole an automobile from its owner and a passenger at gunpoint. Kier subsequently appealed his second degree assault conviction, asserting that it merged into his first degree robbery conviction. Continue reading
Washington v. Mines
Docket No. 80587-3 (from Spokane Case No. 02-1-03276-2) Facts: Petitioner John Mines was convicted of rape, kidnapping, and assault in the Superior Court for Spokane County and sentenced to an indeterminate sentence with an exceptional minimal sentence on grounds that the crimes were committed with deliberate cruelty. Continue reading
In re custody of A.C.
Docket No. 79938-5 (from Court of Appeals Division III Case No. 22930-1) Facts: Respondent David Nagel and his wife Anita Bangert filed a petition in the Superior Court for Spokane County for custody of A.C., for whom they had previously acted as foster parents prior to A.C. being returned to his mother, petitioner Holly Cork. Continue reading