Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

Thursday, May 22, 2003

Case No. 1 – 72817-8

COUNSEL

American States Insurance Company,
     v.
Kathryn Ellis

Thomas Lether/Scott Collins

Kennard Goodman

SYNOPSIS: Whether a bankruptcy trustee who left the debtor corporation in possession can recover insurance proceeds for a fire at the debtor’s premises when the debtor could not do so because the fire was intentionally caused by a corporate officer.

Case No. 2 – 73299-0

COUNSEL

Janice M. Smith and Randal Smith,
     v.

Safeco Insurance Company and Linda Bryce

Paul Luvera/David Beninger
Patricia Anderson

Pamela Okano
Robert Reinhard

SYNOPSIS: Whether an insurer breached the duty of good faith that it owed to its insured by not complying with a third-party claimant’s demand, made before any lawsuit was filed, for the disclosure of the insured’s policy limits.

Bar No. 18316

15 MINUTES PER SIDE

In re:
Guillermo Romero,
An Attorney at Law

Kurt Bulmer

Jean McElroy-WSBA

Case No. 3 – 72588-8

COUNSEL

In re the Personal Restraint Petition of

Vincent Peter Grasso

Mary Webber

Suzanne Elliott

SYNOPSIS: Vincent Grasso was convicted of sexually abusing his five-year-old daughter. He now argues that the trial judge improperly admitted into evidence several of the child’s out-of-court statements describing the abuse.

Case No. 4 – 73020-2

COUNSEL

Washington Employers Concerned About Regulating Ergonomics, et al.,
     v.

Department of Labor and Industries, et al.

Timothy O’Connell/Jill Bowman
Kathryn Keith/Katherine Rosenbaum
Louis Ferreira, IV

Elliott Furst

SYNOPSIS: A business collation challenges workplace ergonomic rules enacted by the Department of Labor and Industries, arguing the rules are unjustified and the Department failed to follow proper procedures.