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9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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Wednesday, October 22, 2003
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Case No. 1 – 73477-1
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COUNSEL
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Safeco Insurance Company,
v.
Denise Brackett Woodley
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J. Robert Leach
Philip Talmadge/Gordon Woodley
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SYNOPSIS: A no-fault motorist was injured in a car accident with an underinsured motorist. Her insurance company offset the amount of money owed to her under one type of coverage based on prior payments owed to her under another type of coverage. The motorist argues that because she had to pay attorneys in order to create the pool of money that allowed the insurance company to take the offset, the insurance company should pay a pro rata share of her attorney fees.
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Case No. 2 – 73614-6
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COUNSEL
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Rebecca Hamm,
v.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
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Kenneth Dore
William Hickman/Pamela Okano
Robert Mannheimer
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SYNOPSIS: Case #1 and Case #2 share the same central issue, and are referred to as companion cases. In this case, the no-fault motorist was injured in a car accident with an uninsured motorist. The insurance company took an offset similar to the offset taken in Case #1. The motorist in this case also seeks to compel her insurance company to pay a pro rata share of her attorney fees.
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1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 – 73282-5
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington,
v.
Guy Taylor
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Steven Sherman
Mark Mestel
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SYNOPSIS: Whether an individual, who was formally charged with a crime, may appeal an order dismissing the charge.
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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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