| 9:00 A.M. |
OLYMPIA |
October 25, 2011 |
| THREE CASES ONLY – TWO IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M. |
Case No. 1 - 84828-9
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COUNSEL
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WILLIAM H. KIELY, et ux
v.
KENNETH W. GRAVES, et ux, et al.
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Richard Shaneyfelt/Kenneth Masters & Shelby Frost Lemmel
Philip Talmadge/Emmelyn Hart/Frederick Mendoza & Maya Mendoza-Exstrom
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| SYNOPSIS: Does RCW 7.28.090 preclude adverse possession of land subject to a municipal easement, dedicating it for use as a thoroughfare?”
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Case No. 2 - 85469-6
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COUNSEL
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STATE OF WASHINGTON
v.
BRIAN LEROY SIERS
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Brian McDonald
Thomas Kummerow
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| SYNOPSIS: When an aggravating factor found by the jury was never charged, and the court imposes a standard range sentence consistent with an unaggravated crime, must the underlying conviction be reversed and dismissed?
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1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 – 85570-6
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COUNSEL
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PATRICK A. WILLIAMS, et ux, et al.
v.
FESSEHA K. TILAYE, et ux, et al.
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Jason Anderson/Patrick Kang/Riley Lovejoy
Philip Meade/Howard Goodfriend
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| SYNOPSIS: A statute allows attorneys' fees to a plaintiff in a civil suit if, among other things, the plaintiff makes an offer at least 10 days before the beginning of trial. The court must decide how the statute should apply when the first action in a civil case is a mandatory arbitration rather than a trial.
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