Docket No. 86912-0
Synopsis: Whether the Washington Products Liability Act permits relief for emotional distress damages, in the absence of physical injury, caused to the direct purchaser by being served and touching, but not consuming, a contaminated food product.
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In re Paul Eugene Simmerly, Attorney at Law
Docket No. 200,983-2 (from WSBA Case No. #10719) Continue reading
Cregan v. Fourth Memorial Church
Docket No. 86835-2 (from Spokane Case No. 10-2-00572-7)
Synopsis: Whether the recreational use immunity statute, RCW 4.24.200-210, which protects landowners from tort liability if they allow free public use of their land for recreational purposes, applies to a private camp that ordinarily charges a fee for use but in this instance allowed a group to use the facility for free.
Synopsis: Whether the recreational use immunity statute, RCW 4.24.200-210, which protects landowners from tort liability if they allow free public use of their land for recreational purposes, applies to a private camp that ordinarily charges a fee for use but in this instance allowed a group to use the facility for free.
Munich v. Skagit Emergency Communication Center
Docket No. 85984-1 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 64644-3)
Synopsis: Whether a county may be held liable under the special relationship exception to public duty doctrine for damages allegedly caused by a negligent response to a 911 call even though the 911 operator truthfully told the caller that a police officer had been dispatched.
Synopsis: Whether a county may be held liable under the special relationship exception to public duty doctrine for damages allegedly caused by a negligent response to a 911 call even though the 911 operator truthfully told the caller that a police officer had been dispatched.
State v. Chambers
Docket No. 86474-8 (from Court of Appeals Division II Case No. 40899-6)
Synopsis: Whether a criminal defendant’s guilty pleas entered in three separate cause numbers was part of an indivisible plea agreement precluding withdrawal of the plea entered in one of the cause numbers.
Synopsis: Whether a criminal defendant’s guilty pleas entered in three separate cause numbers was part of an indivisible plea agreement precluding withdrawal of the plea entered in one of the cause numbers.
Annechino v. Worthy
Docket No. 85971-0 (from King Case No. 10-2-43108-0 KNT) Synopsis: Did individual bank officers and employees owe a duty of care to the Annechinos, such that they may be held personally liable for breach of that duty? Continue reading
State v. Caton
Docket No. 86532-9
The Lewis County Superior Court found Michael Caton guilty of failure to report as a sex offender under former RCW 9A.44.130 (2008). Caton appealed, arguing among other things that the evidence did not support his conviction. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. Caton filed a petition for review, and the Supreme Court found that the evidence was insufficient and reversed the conviction.
The Lewis County Superior Court found Michael Caton guilty of failure to report as a sex offender under former RCW 9A.44.130 (2008). Caton appealed, arguing among other things that the evidence did not support his conviction. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. Caton filed a petition for review, and the Supreme Court found that the evidence was insufficient and reversed the conviction.
Robb v. City of Seattle
Docket No. 85658-3 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 63299-0)
Synopsis: Whether the city of Seattle may be liable in an action for wrongful death brought by the survivor of a murder victim based on the failure of police to confiscate ammunition while detaining the murderer for questioning just before the murder occurred.
Synopsis: Whether the city of Seattle may be liable in an action for wrongful death brought by the survivor of a murder victim based on the failure of police to confiscate ammunition while detaining the murderer for questioning just before the murder occurred.
In re Custody of A.F.J.
Docket No. 86188-9 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 63919-6)
Synopsis: Whether a foster parent who is also the former intimate partner of the child’s biological mother may seek the status of a de facto parent.
Synopsis: Whether a foster parent who is also the former intimate partner of the child’s biological mother may seek the status of a de facto parent.
In re the Custody of A.F.J.
Docket No. 86188-9
Synopsis: The court must decide if service as a foster parent alone precludes a finding of de facto parentage.
Synopsis: The court must decide if service as a foster parent alone precludes a finding of de facto parentage.