Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

January 22, 2009

THREE CASES ONLY - TWO IN A.M. - ONE IN P.M

Case No. 1 - 80720-5

COUNSEL

Kitsap County Deputy Sheriffs Guild
v.
Kitsap County

James Cline/Christina Sherman

Jacquelyn Moore Aufderheide

SYNOPSIS: Is an arbitrator's decision to reinstate a deputy sheriff who had been terminated for erratic behavior and untruthfulness void as contrary to public policy?

Case No. 2 - 80811-2

COUNSEL

James Tomlinson
v.
Puget Sound Freight Lines

Stanley Rumbaugh/John Wallace

Jerald Keene/Michael Weier

SYNOPSIS: Was it proper to reduce Tomlinson's industrial insurance award for an on-the-job knee injury because the knee already had arthritis?


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 - 80922-4

COUNSEL

Jesse Magana
v.


Hyundai Motor America; Hyundai Motor Company

Paul Whelan/Ray Kahler
Derek Vanderwood/Peter O'Neil
Michael Withey/Alisa Brodkowitz/Charles Wiggins
Kenneth Masters

Heather Cavanaugh/Michael King/Gregory Miller
James Lobsenz
Douglas Foley

SYNOPSIS: Did the trial court abuse its discretion when it entered a default judgment against Hyundai as a discovery sanction?

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