Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

Thursday, May 16, 2002

Case No. 1 - 71618-8

COUNSEL

Traci Hauber, representative of the Estate of Rusty Hauber, and as guardian of Tyson Scott Hauber and Tori Lee Hauber, minor children,
       v.
County of Yakima

Duncan Turner
Donald Mullins

Alfred Schweppe
James Berg

SYNOPSIS: Whether the estate of a fire fighter who died during a Yakima County Search and Rescue dive in an irrigation siphon, after being called away from duty at the Yakima city fire station, may maintain a wrongful death action against the county and the irrigation district. See RCW 38.52.080(1); RCW 38.52.190.

Case No. 2 - 71655-2

COUNSEL

State of Washington,
       v.
Elwood Tsugio Glossbrener

Lauri Boyd

James Egan

SYNOPSIS: Whether police, who stopped the defendant's car on a routine traffic matter, permissibly searched the unoccupied car based on officer safety concerns where the officer allowed the defendant to remain in his car for a period of time and then had him get out the car to perform sobriety tests before conducting the search.

Case No. 3 - 71619-6

COUNSEL

In re the Marriage of

Raymond Wright,
       and
Elisabeth Wright

Richard Bartheld

David Trujillo

SYNOPSIS: When valuing a vested but unmatured pension at dissolution by reducing it to present value, must the trial court, as a matter of law, base its calculations on the earliest date at which the pension matures, or may the court in its discretion use the later date of the employee-spouse's likely retirement?

Case No. 4 - 71713-3

COUNSEL

Khene Kommavongsa, as guardian ad litem of Silvay T. Nammathoa, an incompetent/
Phoukeo Nammathao, individually and as guardian ad litem of Hapha Nammathao, an incompetent,
       v.
Stephen Haskell, et ux., Christopher M. Grimes, et ux., Stephen K. Eugster, et ux., and the law firm of Eugster Haskell

Ronald Abernethy

Hugh Lackie
Amy Clemmons

SYNOPSIS: Whether a personal injury defendant whose attorneys negligently failed to move to vacate default judgments may assign his legal malpractice claim to the personal injury plaintiffs.