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Synopsis: Whether the federal “economic realities” test for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act applies to the Washington Minimum Wage Act, and if so, whether the trial court correctly articulated that test in its jury instructions.

Synopsis: Whether a domestic violence protection order entered in connection with a marriage dissolution proceeding was a “court-ordered parenting plan,” violation of which constituted the crime of first degree custodial interference under RCW 9A.40.060(2).

Synopsis: Whether RCW 4.26.160, which prohibits the assertion of claims of right against the government based on the passage of time, bars an adverse possession claim against a municipality even though the claimant satisfied the elements of adverse possession before the municipality acquired the disputed property.

Synopsis: Whether a license agreement between the port of Seattle and a vendor who provided airport ground services to airlines gave the port such control over the vendor’s work as to render it potentially liable for injuries to a vendor employee allegedly caused by workplace safety violations, and if so, whether the employee held the status of “business invitee” for purposes of the duty owed.

Synopsis: Whether sealing juror questionnaires following jury selection without conducting the analysis required by State v. Bone-Club, 128 Wn.2d 254, 906 P.2d 325 (1995), constitutes structural error requiring reversal of a criminal conviction.

Synopsis: Whether evidence that a codefendant in a medical malpractice action settled with the plaintiff is admissible under RCW 7.70.080.

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Synopsis: Whether the trial court in a sexually violent predator commitment proceeding properly admitted expert testimony that the detainee probably committed several unsolved sex offenses based on a comparison of the detainee’s adjudicated offenses with the characteristics of the unsolved offenses identified in a criminal acts database.

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