Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

Thursday, March 25, 2004

Case No. 1 – 73902-1

COUNSEL

Mark Riehl,
     v.
Foodmaker, Inc.

Judith Lonnquist/Richard Reed

Katherine Franklin/Leigh Ann Tift

SYNOPSIS: At issue are 1) whether an employee with a disability has to show that he/she medically needs an accommodation in the workplace in order to get the accommodation and 2) whether Foodmaker fired/did not rehire Riehl because he is disabled?

Case No. 2 – 73970-6

COUNSEL

Bank of America NT & SA f/k/a Seafirst Bank, a National banking institution,
     v.
David W. Hubert, P.C., a Washington corporation; David W. Hubert and Katharine Hubert, individually and the marital community

Erika Balazs
Jed Morris

Patrick Rothwell

SYNOPSIS: At issue are (1) which bank is “the payor bank,” the bank held liable for failing to dishonor a check in a timely fashion; (2) whether Bank of America can avoid liability to Hubert P.C. by asserting that the check was fraudulently written; and (3) whether Hubert P.C. is liable to Bank of America for failing to properly supervise a paralegal.

Case No. 3 – 74152-2

COUNSEL

Robert Edelman,

     v.
State of Washington ex rel. Public Disclosure Commission

John White, Jr.
Kevin Hansen

Nancy Krier

SYNOPSIS: The court decides whether the Public Disclosure Commission exceeded its authority to interpret a Washington statute enacted to limit campaign contributions of large corporations and other entities.