Washington State Courts: Washington State Supreme Court Calendar
November 16, 1999
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9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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Tuesday, November 16, 1999
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Case No. 1 -67740-9
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COUNSEL
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Frederick L. Jones, Sr.,
v.
Sisters of Providence in Washington, a Washington corporation d/b/a Providence Medical Center and Providence Family Medical Center,
and
Susan Lo, M.D., and Richard G. Foutch, M.D.
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Lembhard Howell
William Adams
William Hickman
Margaret Sundberg
Mary Spillane
Ruth Rocker
Janet Schroer
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SYNOPSIS: Whether the trial court in this civil action committed reversible error by allowing an alternate juror to participate in jury deliberations without voting.
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Case No. 2 -67294-6
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COUNSEL
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Margaret Allen,
v.
The University of Washington, an agency of the State of Washington
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Spencer Hall
Michael Madden
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SYNOPSIS: Whether the spouse of a state university professor has standing to challenge the university's revision of its adjudication process for faculty disciplinary matters, and if so, whether this revision is nonetheless exempt from the rule-making requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act.
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Case No. 3 -66876-1
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington,
v.
Michael Baity
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66875-2
State of Washington,
v.
Edward Leo Arnestad
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Michael Sommerfield
Barbara Corey-Boulet
John Cross
Michael Sommerfield
John Cross
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SYNOPSIS: Whether, in these prosecutions for driving under the influence of drugs, the district court properly excluded opinion testimony of police officers trained as Drug Recognition Experts, on the ground that the evidence fails to meet the Frye test.
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These summaries are not formulated by the Court and are provided for the convenience of the public only.
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