Synopsis: Whether the trial court’s dismissal of this wrongful death action was warranted because the statute of limitations expired before it was filed. If not, whether a Department of Labor and Industries final order denying worker compensation precludes recovery.
Synopsis: Whether, in a dispute over attorney fees owed by a former client, the trial court erroneously awarded the former attorney prejudgment interest even though the former client had deposited the amount of claimed fees in the trial court registry, and whether on appeal the Court of Appeals erroneously altered the settlement amount on which the former attorney’s contingency fee was based.
