Docket No. 82551-3  Facts: The petitioner Service Employees International Union, the bargaining representative of the in home personal care service providers contracted by the state of Washington to serve Medicaid recipients, filed a petition with the Supreme Court of Washington for a writ of mandamus Continue reading →

Docket No. 81049-4 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 58454-5)  Facts: Respondent worker Kelly Shafer, whose industrial insurance claim had been closed by the petitioner Department of Labor and Industries, sought judicial review of a Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals decision that upheld the Department’s denial to reopen her claim. Continue reading →

Docket No. 80644-6 (from Court of Appeals Division III Case No. 24897-6)  Facts: Petitioner Geoffrey Ames was suspended from the practice of medicine by the respondent Medical Quality Assurance Commission after a hearing in which the commission ruled that Ames had engaged in unprofessional conduct Continue reading →

Docket No. 81043-5 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 58658-1)  Facts: Respondent John Corbin filed suit against petitioner Patricia Reimen, his former wife, in the Superior Court for Snohomish County, seeking visitation rights with regard to Reiman’s daughter M.F., his former stepdaughter. Continue reading →

Docket No. 81116-4 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 58943-1)  Facts: After petitioner Alan Roos’s son was arrested for drug trafficking while using Roos’s automobile, the respondent Snohomish Regional Drug Task Force seized the automobile pursuant to Washington Revised Code §69.50.505, Continue reading →

Docket No. 80755-8  Facts: Petitioner Terry Winterstein was convicted of unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine in the Superior Court for Cowlitz County after a search by his probation officer during a home visit revealed methamphetamine paraphernalia. Continue reading →

Docket No. 82041-4  Synopsis: Who has standing to bring a claim for tortious interference with a corpse under RCW 68.50.160(3)? Continue reading →

Docket No. 78287-3 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 55068-3)  Synopsis: What constitutes “professional services” for the purpose of exclusionary clauses in insurance policies? Continue reading →

Docket No. 80480-0 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 56265-7)  Facts: Respondent Satomi Owners Association filed suit in the Superior Court for King County against petitioner Satomi, L.L.C., asserting that Satomi had breached express and implied warranties in violation of the Washington Consumer Protection Act (Washington Revised Code §19.86) in selling condominiums with significant structural defects. Continue reading →

Docket No. 570-5 (from WSBA Case No. 13836)  Facts:  Terry Preszler was suspended from the practice of law for three years following a hearing before the Washington State Bar Association’s disciplinary board, which found that Preszler had violated several rules of professional conduct by charging an unreasonable fee, giving mistaken legal advice, filing false documents, failing to supervise his paralegal, and failing to obtain required approval from a bankruptcy court before distributing proceeds from his client’s personal injury claim to himself. Continue reading →