Washington State Courts: Washington State Supreme Court Calendar
Wednesday, November 18, 1998
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Olympia |
Wednesday, November 18, 1998 |
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Case No. 1 - 66054-9
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington
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Kenneth Ramm & Lauri Boyd
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v.
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Donald Ray Buchanan
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David Vogel
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Whether the Point Elliot Treaty of 1855, which reserves to certain Western Washington tribes the privilege to hunt on "open and unclaimed" lands, allows a member of the Nooksack tribe to hunt elk in the Oak Creek Wildlife Area without a state hunting license.
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Case No. 2 - 66574-5
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COUNSEL
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Aviation West Corporation, et al.
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Timothy Butler & Andrew Kenefick
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Clausen Ely
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Washington State Department of Labor & Industries
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Elliott Furst
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Whether the workplace environmental tobacco smoke regulations adopted by the Department of Labor and Industries were validly promulgated.
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Case No. 3 - 66696-2
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Lucille Warnek, et al.
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Fred Montoya
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ABB Combustion Engineering Services, et al.
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Thomas Bassett
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Michael Black
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Is an employer liable for wrongful discharge for denying employment to a former employee because the employee filed a workers' compensation claim during previous employment with the employer in another state? Is an employer liable for wrongful discharge for discharging a current employee in Washington State for filing a workers' compensation claim against the employer in another state?
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Case No. 4 - 66493-5
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COUNSEL
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Allstate Insurance Company
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Bradley Maxa
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Remedios Batacan, et al.
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John Hoglund
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Whether an automobile insurer, whose insured was involved in an accident with both insured and uninsured tortfeasors, was entitled to a setoff against a UIM arbitration award for the policy limits of the insured tortfeasor's insurance, although that tortfeasor was not party to the UIM arbitration and settled with the insured for less than the policy limits.
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