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9:00 A.M.
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Tacoma
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Tuesday, March 20, 2001
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Case No. 1 - 69831-7
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COUNSEL
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Tibor Mucsi and Andrea Kruppa,
v.
Graoch Associates
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Alan Hall
M. Colleen Barrett
Gregory Worden
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SYNOPSIS: Whether an apartment owner is liable to a tenant for injuries sustained from an obvious hazard in a common area.
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Case No. 2 - 70010-9
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COUNSEL
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Suzan Berger,
v.
John Sonneland, M.D.
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Brad Smith
Mary Spillane
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SYNOPSIS: Whether a patient may sue a physician for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information under the health care injury statute, RCW 7.70, or whether such a lawsuit may be brought under the Uniform Health Care Information Act, RCW 70.02; and whether expert medical testimony is required to prove emotional injury under the healthcare injury statute.
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1:30 P.M.
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Case No. 3 - 70090-7/70499-6
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COUNSEL
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Grant County Fire Protection District No. 5, a municipal corporation; Wyatt D. Hanks and Annette Hanks,
v.
City of Moses Lake
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Yakima County Fire Protection District No. 12, a municipal corporation; Lyle E. Gapen and Max Seal,
v.
City of Yakima
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Clark Snure
Brian Snure
Michael Wyman
James Whitaker
Peter Dijulio
Clark Snure
Brian Snure
Elizabeth Thomas
Roger Wynne
Raymond Paolella
Lawrence Peterson
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SYNOPSIS: Whether the property-owner-petition method of annexing territory by a city under RCW 35.13.125-160 or RCW 35A.14.120-150 is unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the United States constitution or Article I Sections 12 or 19 of the Washington State Constitution.
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Case No. 4 - 69416-8
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington,
v.
Jason Heckel d/b/a Natural Instincts
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H. Regina Cullen
W. Stuart Hirschfeld
Paula Selis
Robert Van Siclen
Dale Crandall
Charese Rohny
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SYNOPSIS: Does the Commercial Electronic Mail Act (RCW 19.190), which prohibits misrepresentation in the subject line or transmission path of any commercial e-mail messages sent to Washington residents or from a Washington computer, unconstitutionally burden interstate commerce?
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