Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M Olympia June 11, 2020

Case No. 1 - 97783-6 COUNSEL
DOUG HERMANSON
    v.
MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. d/b/a
TACOMA GENERAL HOSPITAL
Dan'L Wayne Bridges

Mary H. Spillane, Daniel F. Mullin, Tracy A. Duany, Bryan Terry
SYNOPSIS: Can a hospital have ex parte contact with a plaintiff's physician when the physician is contracted with the hospital?

Case No. 2 - 96873-0 COUNSEL
STATE OF WASHINGTON
    v.
SHANNON B. BLAKE
Hon. Larry Haskell, Brett Ballock Pearce

Richard Wayne Lechich, Thomas Michael Kummerow
SYNOPSIS: Is intent an element of the unlawful drug possession statute? Does the unwitting possession defense violate due process?


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 - 97910-3 COUNSEL
CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE
YAKAMA NATION
    v.
YAKIMA COUNTY; GRANITE NORTHWEST,
INC.; FRANK ROWLEY; and ROWLEY FAMILY
TRUST
Ethan Jones, Shona Voelckers, Robert Joseph Sexton

Hon. Joseph Brusic, Markham Allen Quehrn, Julie
Wilson-Mcnerney, Paul Edward McIlrath, Don Le Roy
Anderson
SYNOPSIS: When a county code requires written land use decisions, does a resolution trigger LUPA's 21-day filing deadline?

Case No. 4 - 97443-8 COUNSEL
STATE OF WASHINGTON
    v.
GREGG ALLEN LOUGHBOM
Hon. Jeffrey S. Barkdull, Adam Walser

Corey Evan Parker
SYNOPSIS: Is it reversible error for a prosecutor to reference the "war on drugs" during a trial?

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