Supreme Court Calendar - May 9, 2000
May 9, 2000
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9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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Tuesday, May 9, 2000
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Case No. 1 - 67694-1
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COUNSEL
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Weyerhaeuser Company,
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Commercial Union Insurance Company
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Charles Gordon
Jeffrey Tilden/Jeffrey Thomas
Gabriel Gedvila
Robert Horkovich
Kenneth Cusack
William Knowles/Barney Mason
Robert Johns
Greg Montgomery/Mary DeYoung
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SYNOPSIS: Whether an appellate insurer's excess insurance policy for comprehensive general liability contains a general aggregate limit, whether the insurer is entitled to setoffs against the insured's underlying insurance policy, and whether the excess policy provides coverage for the insured's environmental cleanup liability based on site contamination by entities other than the insured during the policy period.
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Case No. 2 - 68230-5
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COUNSEL
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Nancy Ellwein And Tom Ellwein
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Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, a Connecticut corporation d/b/a The Hartford, the insurance people of ITT
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Philip Arnold
Simeon Osborn
Susan Machler
Geoffrey Bridgman
Christopher Washington
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SYNOPSIS: Whether evidence of an insurance company's low settlement offers, use of an expert witness originally hired by the insured, destruction of a file, and misrepresentations of policy limits was sufficient to preclude a summary judgment dismissal of the insured's bad faith claim against the insurance company.
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Case No. 3 - 68225-9
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COUNSEL
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Patrick Inniss, Sam Lopez, and Adnan Haq
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Tandy Corporation, d/b/a Radio Shack
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Dennis Moran
Kelly Garrity
James Dickens
Susan Stahlfeld
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SYNOPSIS: Whether an employer's method of calculating overtime pay violates the Washington Minimum Wage Act, RCW Chapter 49.46, when employees are required to work over forty hours a week with the exact number of hours fluctuating from week to week.
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Case No. 4 - 68310-7
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COUNSEL
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In re the Personal Restraint Petition of
Michael L. Matteson
68486-3
In re the Personal Restraint Petition of
Russell D. Taylor
68492-8
In re the Personal Restraint Petition of
Jason E. Rogers Hull
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Suzanne Elliott
Hon. Christine Gregoire
John Blonien
Kasey Kneip
Martin Wyckoff
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SYNOPSIS: Whether the Department of Corrections had authority to transfer Washington inmates to a private, out-of-state prison.
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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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