Docket No. 80251-3 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 57011-1) Facts: After developing mesothelioma as a result of exposure to asbestos while working as a pipefitter aboard navy ships, respondent Vernon Braaten filed suit against petitioner Saberhagen Holdings, which manufactured the valves and pumps used aboard the ships Braaten had worked on, Continue reading
Category Archives: Winter 2008
Simonetta v. Viad Corporation
Docket No. 80076-6 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 56614-8) Facts: After developing lung cancer as a result of exposure to asbestos during his service in the navy performing maintenance on evaporators manufactured by petitioner Viad Corporation that were insulated with asbestos, respondent Joseph Simonetta filed suit against Viad Corporation. Continue reading
Transamerican Capital Corporation v. Gervin
Docket No. 81005-2 (from Pierce Case No. 96-2-11938-1) Facts: A judgment against petitioner George Gervin was entered in a Texas court after Gervin failed to repay loans to respondent Transamerican Capital Corporation. Transamerican Capital Corporation subsequently registered the foreign judgment with the Superior Court for Pierce County Continue reading
Washington v. Bahl
Docket No. 79988-1 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 56812-4) Facts: Petitioner Eric Bahl was convicted of second degree rape and burglary in the Superior Court for Snohomish County and sentenced to a term of imprisonment to be followed by a life term of community custody. Continue reading
Pardee v. Jolly
Docket No. 80066-9 (from Court of Appeals Division II Case No. 34006-2) Facts: Petitioner Gary Pardee entered into an agreement to purchase real estate from respondent Willis Jolly. The terms of the agreement stipulated that Pardee would make periodic payments during an initial period in which he could occupy and improve the property prior to exercising an option to purchase the property outright. After Pardee failed to notify Jolly in writing of his intent to purchase the property upon tendering the final payment, Jolly refused to sell the property when Pardee later notified him of his intent to exercise the purchase option. Continue reading
Lane v. Seattle
Docket No. 80204-1 (from King Case No. 05-2-07351-9) Facts: Following the Supreme Court of Washington’s decision in Okeson v. Seattle declaring that the provision of streetlights and other analogous services are public functions that must be funded by revenues drawn from cities’ general funds, the respondent city of Seattle ordered Seattle Public Utility to cease charging ratepayers for fire hydrants and instead began using general fund revenues to fund the provision of fire hydrants, Continue reading
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company v. Onvia, Inc.
Docket No. 80359-5 (from Snohomish Case No. 05-2-05960-3) Facts: Responsive Management Systems filed suit against Onvia, Inc. after Onvia sent Responsive Management Systems unsolicited advertisements via fax in violation of state and federal law. Although Onvia tendered the claim to its insurer, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company determined that it had no duty to defend or indemnify Onvia Continue reading
Verizon Northwest, Inc. v. Employment Security Department
Docket No. 81024-9 (from Snohomish Case No. 05-2-05960-3) Facts: Petitioner Verizon Northwest Inc. sought judicial review of the respondent Employment Security Department’s decision that several managerial employees who chose to participate in a voluntary separation program as part of a reduction in force were qualified to receive unemployment compensation. Continue reading
Yousoufian v. Office of Ron Sims
Docket No. 80081-2 Facts: Respondent Armen Yousoufian filed suit against the Office of Ron Sims, the King County Executive, in the Superior Court for King County, alleging that the county had acted in bad faith in failing to timely and fully respond to public records requests relating to stadium financing. Continue reading
Spain v. Employment Security Department
Docket No. 79878-8 (from King Case No. 99-1-04351-7) Facts: After resigning from her job due to verbal abuse by her supervisor, petitioner Sara Spain applied for unemployment benefits. The respondent Employment Security Department rejected her application on grounds that individuals who leave their jobs voluntarily for reasons other those specified by Washington Revised Code §50.20.050(2)(b)(i)-(x) as non-disqualifying are not eligible for unemployment benefits. Continue reading