Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M. Olympia October 27, 2015

Three Cases Only; Two in A.M. - One in P.M.

Case No. 1 - 91301-3 COUNSEL
Richard J. Millies, et al.
     v.
Landamerica Transnation d/b/a Transnation Title Insurance Company, a corporation conducting business in Washington, et al.
David P. Boswell

Daniel Allen Womac

SYNOPSIS: Were appropriate objections to jury instructions preserved for review?

Case No. 2 - 91357-9 COUNSEL
Department of Labor and Industries
     v.
Bart A. Rowley, Sr.
James P. Mills/Anastasia Sandstrom

Patrick Arthur Palace/Kenneth Wendell Masters

SYNOPSIS: RCW 51.32.020 bars workers compensation payments to a worker whose injury “results . . . while the worker is engaged in the attempt to commit, or the commission of a felony.”  When the Department denies payment under this statute, must it prove that the worker committed or attempted a felony and, if so, what standard of evidence applies?


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 - 91846-5 COUNSEL
Heidi Kroeber,
          Plaintiff,
     v.
Geico Insurance Company,
          Defendant.
Richard Leslie McKinney


Alfred E. Donohue

SYNOPSIS: Does Washington’s underinsured motorist insurance include coverage for damage caused by a drive-by shooting?

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