Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA May 8, 2012

Case No. 1 - 86912-0 COUNSEL

EDWARD J. BYLSMA
          v.
BURGER KING CORPORATION, a Florida corporation, et al.

Anne Melani Bremner/James Yand/Darrin Bailey & Danford Grant

Barry Goehler/Gary Bullock

SYNOPSIS: Can a manufacturer be held liable under the Washington Product Liability Act for the emotional distress suffered by a purchaser who is served, but does not consume, a contaminated food product?


Case No. 2 - 86563-9 COUNSEL

WASHINGTON STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION
          v.
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER

David Campbell/Carson Glickman-Flora & Dmitri Iglitzen

Paula Lee Lehmann/Michael Killeen

SYNOPSIS: When the demands of nurses' jobs prevent them from taking paid rest breaks, are these nurses entitled to straight pay or overtime pay for the additional labor they provide to a hospital?


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 - 86535-3 COUNSEL

NATIONAL SURETY CORPORATION
          v.
IMMUNEX CORPORATION

Jerret Sale & Deborah Carstens/Catherine Wright Smith & Howard Goodfriend

James Murray/Linda Kornfeld & Damon Thayer

SYNOPSIS: May an insurer recover defense costs incurred under a reservation of rights defense when a court later determines it owed no duty to defend its insured?

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