Today’s Cases
| 9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
Thursday, November 8, 2001 |
Case No. 1 – 70702-2 |
COUNSEL |
Donald R. Firth and Barbara A. Palecek,
v.
Hefu Lu and Qian Sun |
Jeffrey Eustis
Howard Goodfriend/Kenton Longley |
SYNOPSIS: Whether an agreement to purchase a cooperative apartment unit falls within the statute of frauds and thus must contain a full legal description of the property.
No. 70702-2, Firth (petitioner) v. Lu (respondent). |
Case No. 2 – 70747-2 |
COUNSEL |
Truck Insurance Exchange,
v.
Vanport Homes, Inc. |
Timothy Gosselin
Ben Shafton/William Robison
Louis Ferreira, IV/Donald Courser
Zachary Stoumbos/Jean McCoy |
SYNOPSIS: Whether a commercial general liability insurer had a duty to defend its insured, a construction consulting firm, when clients sued the firm over its failure to perform contracted services. |
1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 – 70866-5 |
COUNSEL |
Jean Keller as general guardian of Casey Keller, an incompetent,
v.
City of Spokane |
Roger Felice
Edward Dawson
Milton Rowland/James Richman
I. Richard Lassman |
SYNOPSIS: Whether a city's duty to design and maintain its streets with ordinary care is owed only to persons who use its streets in a proper manner and exercising due care for their own safety or to all who use its streets. |
Case No. 4 – 70884-3 |
COUNSEL |
The City of Seattle, a municipal corporation,
v.
Burlington Northern Railroad Company |
Maureen Madion
Daniel Kinerk |
SYNOPSIS: Whether Seattle ordinances regulating the switching activities of trains at railroad crossings are preempted by the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act or the Federal Railroad Safety Act. |
These summaries are not formulated by the Court and are provided for the convenience of the public only.
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