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9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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Thursday, May 20, 2004
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Case No. 1 – 74135-2
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COUNSEL
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Sammamish Pointe Homeowners Assn., a Washington non-profit corporation,
v.
Sammamish Pointe L.L.C.; Polygon Northwest Co.; Brentview, Inc.,
LSP Corp.; LSP Specialty Products Co., a Texas corp.; LSP Products Group, Inc., a Nevada corp.; Specialty Products; Tech Specialties; Rapid-Fit; Aqua-Flo, a Texas corp.; and John and Mary Does, seven through two hundred
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Mark O’Donnell
Charmaine Clark
Lori O’Tool
Theodore Preg
Steven Jager
Coreen Ferencz
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SYNOPSIS: Does a party have to strictly comply or substantially comply with the appropriate statutes to give the court jurisdiction over out of state defendants? If a summons served on an out of state defendant is defective, may a plaintiff amend the summons? Should attorney fees be awarded?
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Case No. 2 – 74247-2
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COUNSEL
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Richard L. Anderson,
v.
Weyerhaeuser Company, and Department of Labor and Industries
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Philip Talmadge
Anne Watson
David Vail
Jennifer Cross-Euteneier
John Wasberg
Jack Eng
Frederick Staatz
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SYNOPSIS: Richard Anderson suffered an on the job injury while working as a logger for Weyerhaeuser. He claims the Department of Labor and Industries improperly denied him vocational rehabilitation (i.e., job training), as part of his workers’ compensation claim, without first providing him notice and a hearing.
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1:00 P.M. SHOW CAUSE HEARING
200,113-1
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15 MINUTES PER SIDE
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In re:
Dana Paul Gelman, Bar No. 20147
An Attorney at Law
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Dana Gelman
Jonathan Burke-WSBA
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SYNOPSIS: The court must decide whether to grant the Bar Association's request to immediately suspend attorney Gelman from the practice of law.
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1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 – 74529-3
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COUNSEL
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Joe McGinnis, et al.,
v.
State of Washington
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Lewis Ellsworth
Warren Martin
Stewart Jay
Kara Larsen
Stewart Johnston
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SYNOPSIS: Did the Legislature properly enact a retroactive amendment to the Industrial Welfare Act in 2003 to clarify that public employers are excluded from coverage and were public employers subject to the pre-2003 version of the Act?
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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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