Docket No. 86870-1 (from Chelan Case No. 11-2-00678-1)
Synopsis: Whether a homeowners association properly amended its covenants to prohibit the short-term rental of homes in light of existing covenants limiting use to single family residences and prohibiting commercial use of properties.
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Youngs v. PeaceHealth
Docket No. 87811-1 (from Whatcom Case No. 10-2-03230-1)
Synopsis: Whether under Louden v. Myhre, 110 Wn.2d 675, 756 P.2d 128 (1988), attorneys representing a defendant hospital corporation in a medical malpractice action are prohibited from having ex parte contact with nonparty treating physicians employed by the hospital corporation, and if so, whether Louden was abrogated by amendments to RCW 5.60.060(4) providing that the waiver of the physician-patient privilege for any one physician following the filing of a medical malpractice lawsuit constitutes a waiver of the privilege as to all physicians.
Synopsis: Whether under Louden v. Myhre, 110 Wn.2d 675, 756 P.2d 128 (1988), attorneys representing a defendant hospital corporation in a medical malpractice action are prohibited from having ex parte contact with nonparty treating physicians employed by the hospital corporation, and if so, whether Louden was abrogated by amendments to RCW 5.60.060(4) providing that the waiver of the physician-patient privilege for any one physician following the filing of a medical malpractice lawsuit constitutes a waiver of the privilege as to all physicians.
State v. Lui
Docket No. 84045-8 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 61804-1)
Synopsis: Whether a criminal defendant’s right to confront witnesses is violated when an expert witness for the State testifies based on a nontestifying expert’s report.
Synopsis: Whether a criminal defendant’s right to confront witnesses is violated when an expert witness for the State testifies based on a nontestifying expert’s report.
State v. Evans
Docket No. 86772-1 (from Court of Appeals Division II Case No. 40258-1)
Synopsis: Whether a corporation is a “person” that can be a victim of identity theft.
Synopsis: Whether a corporation is a “person” that can be a victim of identity theft.
In re Pers. Restraint of Toledo-Sotelo, Jose Toledo-Sotelo v. State
Docket No. 85377-1 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 65460-8)
Synopsis: Whether a judgment and sentence that misstates the seriousness level and standard sentencing range for the crime is facially invalid for purposes of exempting a personal restraint petition from the one-year time limit on collateral attack, and if so, whether the petitioner may challenge the validity of his plea of guilty to the crime on the ground that he was misinformed of sentencing consequences.
Synopsis: Whether a judgment and sentence that misstates the seriousness level and standard sentencing range for the crime is facially invalid for purposes of exempting a personal restraint petition from the one-year time limit on collateral attack, and if so, whether the petitioner may challenge the validity of his plea of guilty to the crime on the ground that he was misinformed of sentencing consequences.
State v. Byrd
Docket No. 86399-7 (from Court of Appeals Division III Case No. 29056-5)
Synopsis: Whether the warrantless search of a car occupant’s purse incident to the occupant’s arrest outside the car is unlawful under Arizona v. Gant, 556 U.S. 332, 129 S. Ct. 1710, 173 L. Ed. 2d 435 (2009).
Synopsis: Whether the warrantless search of a car occupant’s purse incident to the occupant’s arrest outside the car is unlawful under Arizona v. Gant, 556 U.S. 332, 129 S. Ct. 1710, 173 L. Ed. 2d 435 (2009).
National Surety Corp. v. Immunex Corp.
Docket No. 86535-3 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 64712-1)
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.
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.
Cregan v. Fourth Memorial Church
Docket No. 86835-2 (from Spokane Case No. 10-2-00572-7)
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 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.
State v. Tarhan
Docket No. 85737-7 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 62872-1)
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 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.
Lowy v. PeaceHealth
Docket No. 85697-4 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 63866-1)
Synopsis: Whether RCW 70.41.200 prohibits the trial court in a medical malpractice action from issuing a discovery order requiring a hospital to search incident reports in its quality assurance database for the purpose of identifying specific patients and providing those patients medical files to the plaintiff.
Synopsis: Whether RCW 70.41.200 prohibits the trial court in a medical malpractice action from issuing a discovery order requiring a hospital to search incident reports in its quality assurance database for the purpose of identifying specific patients and providing those patients medical files to the plaintiff.