9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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November 9, 2010
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Case No. 1 – 84325-2 |
COUNSEL |
SAMANTHA A.
v.
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT
OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES |
Regan Bailey/Susan Kas/Eleanor Hamburger
William Work/Edward Dee |
SYNOPSIS: Can a disabled child’s benefits be reduced based on the child’s age and if the child lives with her legal guardian? |
Case No. 2 – 83645-1 |
COUNSEL |
TACOMA NEWS, INC. d/b/a THE
NEWS TRIBUNE
v.
THE HONORABLE JAMES D. CAYCE
STATE OF WASHINGTON
MICHAEL A. HECHT |
William Holt/James Beck
Thomas Kuffel/Oma La Mothe
John Hillman
Wayne Fricke |
SYNOPSIS: A newspaper argues that the public and press had a right to attend a witness’s deposition that was taken to preserve his testimony. |
1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 – 83779-1 |
COUNSEL |
STATE OF WASHINGTON
v.
JACK IRVIN SIMS |
Amie Hunt
John Hays |
SYNOPSIS: When a defendant appeals an unconstitutional condition of a special sex offender sentencing alternative, is the proper remedy to remand to revise the condition or remand for complete resentencing? |
Case No. 4 – 83795-3 |
COUNSEL |
SNOHOMISH COUNTY PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT AREA
CORPORATION dba COMMUNITY TRANSIT,
v.
FIRSTGROUP AMERICA, INC., dba
FIRST TRANSIT |
Joseph Bennett/Matthew Hendricks
John Rankin, Jr./Pamela Okano |
SYNOPSIS: First Transit and Community Transit have a contract that requires First Transit to reimburse Community Transit for certain losses. A Community Transit bus, a First Transit bus, and several other vehicles were involved in an accident, for which the Community Transit bus and one of the other vehicles were jointly at fault. Does the parties’ contract require First Transit to reimburse Community Transit for the losses it sustained as a result of the accident? |
These summaries are not formulated by the Court and are provided only for the convenience of the public. |
