Temple of Justice

Synopsis: The defendants maintain that the plaintiffs’ suits for breach of construction contracts were filed too late.

Synopsis: Does RCW 19.68.010 prohibit Dr. Jeckle from selling prescription drugs to his patients for a profit?

Synopsis: Under the federal Truth in Lending Act loans for personal, family, and household purposes are subject to disclosure requirements; those primarily for business, commercial, or agricultural purposes are exempt. By what method should Washington courts determine whether an extension of credit is primarily for business or commercial purposes?

Synopsis: Should the method for determining child support payments for parents who split custody of their children apply to parents who equally share custody of all their children? Does RCW 26.19.020 create a presumption that the trial court should extrapolate when it exceeds the economic table in the child support schedule where the parents combined monthly net income is greater than $7,000?

Synopsis: Whether a government agency may go to court to find out whether requested records are exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act and whether the records in this case were exempt.

Facts:

Petitioners Stacey Zellmer/Ferguson and Bruce McLellan sought damages from respondent Joel Zellmer for the wrongful death of their three-year old biological daughter.  They sought damages from Zellmer, the girl’s stepfather, on the grounds of negligent supervision, willful and wanton misconduct, breach of contract, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and outrage. Read more…

Synopsis: Under state and federal law, may the City of Seattle tax Comcast’s internet service as a telephone business?

Synopsis: Does the attorney fee limit provided by RCW 4.84.350(2) apply to each level of judicial review or to all levels of judicial review combined?

Synopsis: Whether judicial estoppel should prevent a plaintiff from seeking recovery for childhood sexual abuse after he failed to disclose the potential claim as an asset in his prior Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings and where the bankruptcy trustee has been substituted as the real party in interest in the present case.

Synopsis: Whether an additional insured is subject to a disappearance-inventory loss exclusion in an insurance contract and, if so, whether NCF Financial produced sufficient evidence of what happened to missing computer equipment to avoid summary judgment.