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9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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Tuesday, June 8, 2004
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Case No. 1 – 74156-5
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COUNSEL
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Therese R. Zuver,
v.
Airtouch Communications, Inc.
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Mitchell Riese
Craig Barnes
Elizabeth Hawkins
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SYNOPSIS: This case requires the Supreme Court to consider whether an arbitration agreement between an employer and employee is unenforceable because some of its provisions are unconscionable.
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Case No. 2 – 74701-6
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COUNSEL
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Gerard Adler, an individual,
v.
Fred Lind Manor, a corporation; Mark Mullen and Jane Doe Mullen
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Reba Weiss/Marianne Meeker
Jeffrey Downer
Alan Singer
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SYNOPSIS: This case requires the Supreme Court to consider whether an arbitration agreement between an employer and employee is unenforceable because some of its provisions are unconscionable and whether this employee waived his right to a jury trial by signing the agreement.
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1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 – 74408-4
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington,
v.
Erik Vincent Barnes
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Seth Fine
Dana Nelson
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SYNOPSIS: At issue is whether the jury instruction is improper because the defendant may face enhanced punishment under the instruction even if he did not know that there was a firearm in his car.
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Case No. 4 – 74561-7
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington,
v.
Bilal Haneff Willis
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Steven Sherman
Thomas Doyle/Patricia Pethick
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SYNOPSIS: At issue are (1) whether the jury instruction is improper for failing to inform the jury that there must be a nexus between the defendant, the crime and the firearm in order to award the defendant enhanced punishment; and (2) whether Willis’ attorney failed to represent him properly.
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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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