Docket No. 79988-1  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 →

Docket No. 80066-9  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 →

Docket No. 80204-1  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 →

Docket No. 80359-5  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 →