Synopsis: Whether the trial court in a criminal prosecution erred in allowing the State to use a peremptory challenge to exclude the only African-American potential juror after she expressed concern about the fairness of the criminal justice system toward young African-American men.

Synopsis: Whether an insurer may be required to reimburse its insured for defense expenditures incurred from the date that a complaint was filed against the insured until entry of a declaratory judgment that the insurer had no duty to defend the suit.

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Synopsis: Whether an employee denied a 10-minute break period required by WAC 296-126-092(4) during the first 40 hours of the employee's work week is entitled to overtime pay for the missed break under the Washington Minimum Wage Act.

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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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 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 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: 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? Read more...