In re interest of Silva

Docket No. 81573-9 (from Yakima Case No. 07-7-00349-2)  Facts: After petitioner Estevan Silva failed to comply with a juvenile court’s order that he follow his parent’s rules, avoid drugs and alcohol, and participate in drug and alcohol evaluation, his mother, respondent Jeanette Silva, petitioned the court to hold him in contempt. Continue reading

Cornhusker Casualty Insurance Company v. Kachman

Docket No. 81160-1 (from Court of Appeals Division II Case No. 34399-1)  Facts: In the course of hearing an appeal by Cornhusker Casualty Insurance Company asserting that Cornhusker Casualty Insurance Company had cancelled Chris Kachman’s insurance policy prior to an automobile accident involving one of Kachman’s employees that gave rise to the underlying litigation, the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit certified to the Supreme Court of Washington the question of whether Cornhusker Casualty Insurance had given Kachman sufficient notice of cancellation Continue reading