Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Case No. 1 – 74698-2

COUNSEL

Jessy A. Ang, M.D., and Edith A. Ang; and Evergreen Medical Panel, Inc.,
     v.
Michael and Jane Doe Martin; and Richard and Jane Doe Hansen

Robert Gould


Christopher Howard/David Ebel
M. Owen Gabrielson
Sam Franklin/Marc Rosenberg

SYNOPSIS: Where a legal malpractice suit stems from the representation of clients in a criminal prosecution, must plaintiffs who were acquitted of the criminal charges prove their actual innocence of the crimes, or does their acquittal satisfy the innocence element of their malpractice action?

Case No. 2 – 74857-8

COUNSEL

Jeanette Vallandigham and Melinda Clarke,
     v.
Clover Park School Dist. No. 400

Hal Hodgins

William Coats/Daniel Montopoli

SYNOPSIS: Did a school district willfully disregard actual knowledge of certain injury where district employees were injured at the hands of a special education student?


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 – 74913-2

COUNSEL

State of Washington,

     v.

John Woods Grayson

Kimberly Thulin
Craig Chambers/Hilary Thomas
Melinda Miller

Jason Saunders

SYNOPSIS: May a trial judge refuse to give a Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative because he believes the program is under funded?

Case No. 4 – 74934-5

COUNSEL

Darwin Bosteder,
     v.
The City of Renton, et al.

Eric Stahlfeld

Zanetta Fontes
John Cobb
Russell Wilson 

SYNOPSIS: Was a search of Mr. Bosteder’s apartment building invalid under the Fourth Amendment?  Were Mr. Bosteder’s trespass claims procedurally barred?

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