9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
Thursday, May 23, 2006 |
Case No. 1 - 76973-7
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COUNSEL
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Colorado Structures, Inc., et al.
v.
Insurance Company of the West, et al.
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Jeffrey Hanson/Joseph Yazbeck, Jr./Nell Oram
Joseph Calmes/Magnus Andersson
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SYNOPSIS: Was Insurance’s liability on its performance bond conditioned on Colorado formally declaring Action in default? If not, does Colorado get attorney fees under Olympic Steamship?
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Case No. 2 - 78293-8
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COUNSEL
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Qwest Corporation
v.
City of Kent
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David Goodnight/John Ridge/Loren Armstrong
Michael Charneski/Thomas Brubaker
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SYNOPSIS: Whether the term “aerial supporting structures” as used in RCW 35.99.060(3)(b) refers only to poles and pole-like structures or if it also includes any hardware used by a telecommunications company to attach its cable to a pole. Whether the city is required to reimburse a telecommunications company for the full cost of aerial to underground relocations.
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1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 - 77560-5
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COUNSEL
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Lisa Little
v.
Annie King, et al.
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Stanley Rumbaugh/Terry Barnett
William Hickman/Katrina Thornock
Francis Floyd/Amber Pearce
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SYNOPSIS: Whether the trial court’s vacation of a $2.1 million default judgment against a driver who rear-ended a person twice in a two automobile accidents, allowing a trial on the merits, was proper.
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Case No. 4 – 77888-4
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COUNSEL
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Rud Okeson, et al.
v.
The City of Seattle
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David Jurca
Thomas Carr/Suzanne Smith/Robert Cromwell, Jr.
William Patton
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SYNOPSIS: Does a municipal utility have authority to mitigate the effects of its greenhouse gas emissions by paying other government or corporate entities to reduce those entities’ emissions?
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These summaries are not formulated by the Court and are provided only for the convenience of the public.
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