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9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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Tuesday, May 15, 2001
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Case No. 1 - 70163-6
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COUNSEL
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Russell and Carolyn Sackett,
v.
Thomas A. Santilli
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Charles Peery
David Corey
Leonard Flanagan
Shellie McGaughey
Charles Wiggins
Kenneth Masters
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SYNOPSIS: Whether CR 38 violates WASH. CONST. art I sec. 21 by providing a judicially created means to waive the right to a jury trial in a civil litigation
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Case No. 2 - 70254-3
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COUNSEL
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Diane E. Sedlacek, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Andrew J. Sedlacek, deceased,
v.
Larry O. Hillis and Veralene Hillis, and Skyline Park Limited Partnership
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John Stocks
Robert Van Siclen
Terry Zundel
William Hickman
Danielle Hess
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SYNOPSIS: Whether an apartment manager may bring an action for wrongful termination in violation of public policy based on her discharge and on the discharge of her co-manager husband after her husband contracted leukemia.
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1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 - 70264-1
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COUNSEL
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City of Kent,
v.
Richard Beigh
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Roger Lubovich
Derek Smith
David R. Kirshenbaum
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SYNOPSIS: Whether RCW 46.20.308(3) provides the sole authority for an officer to request a motorist to submit to a blood test rather than a breath test; and, if it does not, whether a motorist who is incapable of providing a valid breath sample under WAC 448-13-055 is deemed to have a physical injury, incapacity, or limitation preventing him from providing any breath sample at all.
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Case No. 4 - 70286-1
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COUNSEL
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Mary Lou Miller, an individual,
v.
Karny Jacoby, M.D., and John Doe Jacoby, Robert C. Ireton, M.D., and Jane Doe Ireton, and Northwest Hospital
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Marcus Nash
Kim Tran
Marilee Erickson
Sherry Rogers
Kara Masters
Lory Lybeck
Katherine Brindley
Mary Spillane
Daniel Ferm
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SYNOPSIS: Whether expert medical testimony is required to establish the negligence of health care providers who placed a Penrose drain into a patient's wound during surgery and did not remove the entire drain postoperatively.
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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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