Docket No. 83308-7 (from Court of Appeals Division II Case No. 36562-6)  Facts: Petitioner Nathaniel Ish was convicted of murder in the Superior Court for Pierce County after a trial in which David Otterson, Ish’s former cellmate, offered testimony regarding Ish’s mental state at the time of the murder. Continue reading →

Docket No. 82950-1 (from Court of Appeals Division III Case No. 25398-8)  Facts: Petitioner Cheryl Forbes obtained a $5.6 million judgment against American Building Maintenance Company West after bringing an employment discrimination claim. Continue reading →

Docket No. 83244-7 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 60474-1)  Facts: Petitioner James Ervin was convicted in the Superior Court for King County of violating a protection order and sentenced. Continue reading →

Docket No. 83169-6 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 61462-2)  Facts: Petitioner Marilea Mitchell was convicted of criminal mistreatment in the Superior Court for Snohomish County after allowing a child in her care to become severely malnourished. Continue reading →

Docket No. 83156-4 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 60823-1)  Facts: Petitioner Alejandro Garcia-Salgado was convicted of rape in the Superior Court for King County after the results of a test of his D.N.A. that linked him to the victim were admitted into evidence during his trial. Continue reading →

Docket No. 83038-0 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 61226-3)  Facts: Petitioner Jerry Smith filed suit against respondent Orthopedics International, Ltd. in the Superior Court for King County following his wife Brenda’s death while being treated for complications that had arisen in the wake of a spinal surgery performed by Orthopedics International. Continue reading →

Docket No. 82687-1 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 60923-8)  Facts: Via its principal, George Humphrey, and his business partners, petitioner Humphrey Industries, Ltd. created respondent Clay Street Associates, L.L.C. to manage a property. Continue reading →

Docket No. 83177-7 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 61753-2)  Facts: Respondent S.J.W., a minor, was convicted in the Superior Court for Island County of the third degree rape of W.M., a minor, following a trial in which W.M., who suffers from a developmental disability, was found competent to testify and subsequently testified that S.J.W. had sexually assaulted him. Continue reading →

Docket No. 82961-6 (from Court of Appeals Division II Case No. 36294-5)  Facts: The petitioner School Districts’ Alliance for Adequate Funding of Special Education filed suit against the respondent state of Washington in the Superior Court for Thurston County seeking a declaratory judgment that the state’s procedures for funding special education violate the state’s duty Continue reading →

Docket No. 83172-6 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 61118-6)  Facts: Petitioner Andre Meneses was convicted of telephone harassment and witness intimidation in the Superior Court for King County after making a series of threatening telephone calls to his former girlfriend. Continue reading →