Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

May 16, 2013

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

Case No. 1 - 87964-8

COUNSEL

COST MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
     v.
CITY OF LAKEWOOD, et al.

Franklin Dinces & Geoffrey Knudsen

Heidi Wachter & Matthew Kaser

SYNOPSIS: Cost Management Services (CMS) asked the City of Lakewood for a refund of taxes. Lakewood issued a demand to CMS for payment of taxes that did not mention the refund request. Was CMS required to exhaust its administrative remedies in Lakewood before bringing a case in state court for its refund claim?

Case No. 2 - 87207-4

COUNSEL

JARYD SCHROEDER
     v.
STEVEN WEIGHALL, M.D., et al.

George Telquist

Christopher Mertens, Mary Spillane & Daniel W. Ferm

SYNOPSIS: Whether RCW 4.16.190(2), which eliminates tolling for minors' medical malpractice claims, violates article I, sections 10 and 12 of the Washington Constitution, and the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 - 87929-0

COUNSEL

STATE OF WASHINGTON
     v.
TIMOTHY LEE DYE

Andrea Ruth Vitalich

Jan Trasen

SYNOPSIS: Does it violate a defendant's fair trial rights for the developmentally disabled victim to have a facility dog present during his testimony.

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