Docket No. 79608-4 (from Court of Appeals Division II Case No. 32253-6)  Facts: Petitioner Michael Livingston, an inmate at Cedar Creek Corrections Center, filed a request with the respondent Department of Corrections for the training records of a corrections officer employed at Cedar Creek Corrections Center pursuant to the Public Records Act (Washington Revised Code §42.56). Continue reading →

Docket No. 80472-9 (from Court of Appeals Division II Case No. 35247-8)  Facts: Alleging that his exposure to asbestos carried home by his father while his father was employed by petitioner Weyerhaeuser Company caused him to develop mesothelioma, respondent Charles Sales filed suit against Weyerhaeuser Company in the Superior Court for Pierce County. Weyerhaeuser Company subsequently filed a motion to dismiss the case for forum non conveniens on grounds that Arkansas is a more convenient forum than Washington Continue reading →

Docket No. 80396-0  Facts: Following a decision by the petitioner Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board that the Shoreline Management Act (Washington Revised Code §90.58) continues to govern shoreline master plans adopted prior to enaction of the Growth Management Act (Washington Revised Code §36.70A), Continue reading →

Docket No. 79354-9  Facts: Respondent Andre Becklin was convicted of stalking after directing friends to follow his former girlfriend on several occasions. Becklin subsequently appealed his conviction, asserting that the trial court had, in response to a question posed by the jury during its deliberations, incorrectly and improperly instructed the jury that stalking may be committed via a third party under Washington Revised Code §9A.46.110. Continue reading →

Docket No. 79872-9  Facts: Following a parole hearing, the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board found petitioner Richard Dyer unparolable and increased his minimum sentence, concluding that Dyer was at risk to repeat the behaviors that resulted in his conviction for rape given that he continued to maintain his innocence and was therefore unable to participate in a sex offender treatment program. Continue reading →

Docket No. 79529-1  Facts: Petitioners Jack Oltman and other cruise-line passengers who allegedly contracted a gastrointestinal disease while on a cruise sought damages from respondent Holland America Line U.S.A. Inc. for negligence, breach of contract, and fraud. Continue reading →

Docket No. 79834-6  Facts: After petitioner Jayson Bush had served seven years of a lengthy sentence for assault, Governor Gary Locke granted Bush a commutation of his sentence that released him from prison on the condition that he serve a term of community confinement and commit no gross misdemeanors or felonies. When Bush was arrested for assault two years later, Governor Christine Gregoire revoked the commutation. Continue reading →

Docket No. 79839-7  Facts: After receiving notice from the respondent Department of Health that it was violating Washington Revised Code §70.160’s prohibition of smoking in public places and places of employment by allowing members and guests to smoke in its facility, American Legion Post #149 petitioned the Superior Court for Thurston County for a declaratory judgment Continue reading →

Docket No. 79481-2  Facts: The petitioner state of Washington charged respondent Dustin Abrams with three counts of first degree perjury for knowingly making materially false statements during his criminal hearing for first degree murder. Abrams moved to dismiss the perjury charges, Continue reading →