Supreme Court Calendar

9:30 A.M.

Olympia

February 28, 2008

Case No. 1 - 80359-5

COUNSEL

St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance
Company

     v.
Onvia, Inc., et al. 

Daniel Syhre/Joseph Hampton/Charles Spevacek/
Michael McNamee

Daniel Dunne, Jr./Mark Griffin/Margaret Wetherald
Karin Bornstein Swope/Roblin Williamson

SYNOPSIS: Does an insured have a cause of action for bad faith handling of a claim though the insurance company had no duty to indemnify, settle, or defend on the claim?  If so, who has the burden of proof, and what should the remedy be?

Case No. 2 – 80204-1

COUNSEL

Arthur T. Lane, et al. 
     v.
The City of Seattle
     v.
The City of Shoreline, et al. 
     and
The City of Burien, et al.  

David Jurca/Jennifer Divine/Connie Haslam

Gregory Narver/ Suzanne Lieberman Smith/William Patton

Ian Sievers/Margaret Pahl/Howard Schneiderman
William Blakney/Kinnon Williams/Joseph Marshall
Shelley Kerslake/Michael Ruark/Brian Paige

SYNOPSIS: Who must pay for fire hydrants in Seattle and its suburbs?


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 – 80066-9

COUNSEL

Gary Pardee
     v.
Willis Jolly and “Jane Doe” Jolly

Garold Johnson

David Hammermaster

SYNOPSIS: Whether the petitioner timely exercised an option to purchase real estate and, if not, whether the court should extend the law regarding equitable grace periods to options to purchase real estate when the potential purchaser is allowed to occupy and significantly improve the property during the option period.

Case No. 4 – 79988-1

COUNSEL

State of Washington
     v.
Eric G. Bahl

Mary Kathleen Webber

Andrew Peter Zinner

SYNOPSIS: The defendant argues that he is entitled to bring a pre-enforcement constitutional challenge to conditions of community custody imposed as part of his sentence.

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