Monthly Archives: October 2010

Dolan v. King County

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Docket No. 82842-3  Facts:  Respondent Kevin Dolan, a public defender employed by a non-profit organization contracted by petitioner King County to provide legal services for indigent defendants, filed suit against King County in the Superior Court for Pierce County on behalf of himself and others similarly situated in an effort to obtain the right to enroll in the state’s Public Employees Retirement System. Continue reading →

Hardee v. Department of Social and Health Services

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Docket No. 83728-7  Facts:  Petitioner Kathleen Hardee’s home child care license was revoked by the respondent Department of Social and Health Services after Hardee’s son sexually assaulted a child in Hardee’s home and a subsequent investigation by the Department of Social and Health Services revealed that Hardee’s son had had unsupervised access to children under Hardee’s care in violation of a safety plan imposed in response to his previous convictions for harassment, intimidation, and assault. Continue reading →

Beggs v. Fregeau

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Docket No. 84098-9  Facts: Following Tyler DeLeon’s death as a result of neglect and abuse by his adoptive mother, petitioner Breean Beggs and his other adoptive siblings filed suit against respondent David Fregeau in the Superior Court for Spokane County, alleging that Fregeau, as DeLeon’s physician, had been aware of the neglect Continue reading →

In re personal restraint of Nichols

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Docket No. 83742-2  Facts: Petitioner Glenn Nichols was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver and possession of marijuana in the Superior Court for King County after a hotel desk clerk identified Nichols to police officers as the occupant of a hotel room in which a cocaine purchase had occurred, the officers discovered that Nichols’ driver’s license was suspended, and the officers proceeded to arrest Nichols for driving with a suspended driver’s license and discovered cocaine and marijuana in a search of Nichols’ person incident to the arrest. Continue reading →

Washington v. Robinson

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Docket No. 83525-0  Facts: Petitioner Michael Robinson was convicted of burglary, theft of a firearm, unlawful possession of a firearm, and possession of methamphetamine after a search of an automobile he was riding in following its driver’s apprehension for reckless driving revealed stolen property. Continue reading →

Blair v. TravelCenters of America

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Docket No. 83715-5  Facts: Petitioner Maureen Blair filed suit against respondent TravelCenters of America in the Superior Court for King County after injuring herself by slipping and falling on a gasoline spill in the parking lot of a truck stop operated by TravelCenters of America. After Blair failed to timely submit a complete list of witnesses she planned to call at trial, the trial court struck two of the witnesses that had been untimely added and granted TravelCenters of America’s motion for summary judgment on grounds that Blair could not prove causation in the absence of the two witnesses that had been struck. Continue reading →

Seattle v. May

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Docket No. 83677-9  Facts: Petitioner Robert May was convicted in the Seattle Municipal Court of violating a no contact order that prohibited him from contacting his former wife.  May appealed his conviction, asserting that the no contact order was invalid insofar as the superior court that issued it failed to make the required finding that he was likely to resume acts of domestic violence that was necessary for the duration of the order to extend beyond one year and that the no contact order failed to provide notice that violating it would be a criminal offense. Continue reading →

Washington v. Martin

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Docket No. 83709-1  Facts: Petitioner Timothy Martin was convicted of kidnapping and robbery in the Superior Court for Snohomish County after a trial in which the prosecutor implied during their cross-examination of Martin that Martin had tailored his testimony in response to the testimony of previous witnesses. Continue reading →