Docket No. 83177-7  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  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  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 →

Docket No. 82264-6  Facts:  Petitioner Julie Anderson filed suit against her former employer, respondent Akzo Nobel Coatings, Inc., in the Superior Court for King County, claiming that her exposure to toxic solvents while mixing paint in the course of her employment was the cause of her son’s birth defects and that she was subsequently wrongfully discharged in violation of public policy after she filed a formal complaint reporting safety concerns to the Department of Labor and Industries. Continue reading →