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9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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Thursday, January 15, 2004
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Case No. 1 – 73621-9
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COUNSEL
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Jean W. Owen,
v.
City of Tukwila, and
State of Washington
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Brian Russell
Brenda Bannon
Talis Abolins/Mark Jobson
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SYNOPSIS: Whether the City of Tukwila breached its duty to maintain its roadways in a safe condition for ordinary travel.
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Case No. 2 – 73666-9
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COUNSEL
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Western Farm Service, Inc.,
J.R. Simplot Company, and
Tri-River Chemical Company,
v.
Key Bank of Washington
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Larry Larson/Randy Fair
Jerome Aiken/Robert Tenney
Donald Anderson
Clemencia Castro-Woolery
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SYNOPSIS: Key Bank has a security interest in a farmer’s potatoes. At issue is whether proceeds of the potatoes include cost of transporting potatoes paid to the farmer by a purchaser of the potatoes.
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1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 – 73729-1
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COUNSEL
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Pinecrest Homeowners Association, et al.,
v.
Glen A. Cloninger & Associates, and the City of Spokane
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F.J. Dullanty, Jr./Stacy Bjordahl
Stanley Schwartz
Joseph Delay
Michael Piccolo
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SYNOPSIS: Some Spokane homeowners have challenged a decision of the Spokane City Council that allowed a developer to move forward with a mixed-use development--one combining retail, office, and residential uses. The principal issue is whether the Council's decision misinterpreted the Spokane Municipal Code.
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Case No. 4 – 73839-4/74231-6
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington,
v.
Michael Roggenkamp and Jason Ray Clark
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Stephen Hobbs
Robert Lewis
Richard Hansen/Cassandra Stamm
Richard Melnick
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SYNOPSIS: A person can be convicted of vehicular homicide or vehicular assault if he or she drives in a “reckless” manner and causes the death or injures someone. The court considers the proper definition of “reckless.” The court also considers whether the victim’s actions cut off the criminal liability of defendant Roggenkamp.
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