Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Pullman

Tuesday, September 24, 2002

Case No. 1 - 71855-5

COUNSEL

Joseph and Virginia Hickle, and Russell James Mazolla,
        v.
Seneca Foods Corporation &Milne Fruit Products, Inc.

Don Willner
Rickie Kimbrough

Theodore Preg
Jeffrey Daly

SYNOPSIS: Whether food processing companies that hired an independent contractor to dispose of waste can be liable under the Hazardous Waste Management Act, chapter 70.105 RCW, to a third party injured because of a dangerous condition caused by the contractor's improper disposal methods.

Case No. 2 - 71918-7

COUNSEL

State of Washington,
        v.
Armando Mayorga DeSantiago, Enrigue DeSantiago, Pedro Mendoza Carranza, Victor Carrillo Diaz, and Elpidio Ramirez Reyes

Hon. John Knodell

Antonio Salazar
Russell Abrutyn

SYNOPSIS: Whether the trial court correctly declared certain witnesses unavailable for purposes of admitting their testimony from a prior trial pursuant to the Confrontation Clause and ER 804(b)(1), and whether two sentence enhancements, one for a firearm and the other for a deadly weapon, can be imposed upon a single offense.

Case No. 3 - 71984-5

COUNSEL

State of Washington,
        v.
Ramiro C. Vasquez

Edward Owens

Paul Wasson

SYNOPSIS: Whether a determination in an administrative license suspension hearing that police lacked probable cause to stop a driver precludes a trial court from revisiting that issue in a subsequent criminal prosecution.