9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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January 19, 2012
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THREE CASES ONLY – TWO IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M.
**DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER THE SUPREME COURT WAS CLOSED ON THIS DATE. ORAL ARGUMENTS SCHEDULED FOR THIS DATE WILL BE RESCHEDULED ON A DATE OR DATES TO BE DETERMINED ***
Case No. 1 - 85658-3
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COUNSEL
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Elsa Robb, personal representative of the Estate of Michael W. Robb
v.
City of Seattle, et al.
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Timothy Leyh/Matthew Kenney
& Elizabeth Weden Perka
Rebecca Boatright
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SYNOPSIS: Does Restatement ยง 302B comment e impose an independent duty upon law enforcement? If so, does the public duty doctrine bar liability because this case involves an unenforceable duty to the public at large?
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Case No. 2 - 85962-1
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COUNSEL
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James Gorman IV
v.
City of Woodinville
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Catherine Clark
Greg Rubstello
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SYNOPSIS: RCW 4.16.160 prohibits claims “predicated on the lapse of time” from being asserted against the government. Does this statute bar a claim of title brought against a city when the plaintiff claims to have acquired title by adverse possession before the land was dedicated to the government?
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1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 – 86049-1
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COUNSEL
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Louis Alexander Diaz, et ux
v.
Medical Center Laboratory, Inc., P.S., et al.
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Joseph Grube
Jeffrey Street/Mary Spillane/Daniel Ferm
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SYNOPSIS: In a medical malpractice case, can the defendant tell the jury that the plaintiff settled with a codefendant?
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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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