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Docket Number: 85408-4
Title of Case: Gendler v. Batiste
File Date: 04/12/2012
Oral Argument Date: 10/11/2011

SOURCE OF APPEAL
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Appeal from Thurston County Superior Court
 08-2-01833-1
 Honorable Chris Wickham

JUSTICES
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Barbara A. MadsenSigned Majority
Charles W. JohnsonSigned Majority
Tom ChambersSigned Majority
Susan OwensSigned Majority
Mary E. FairhurstMajority Author
James M. JohnsonSigned Dissent
Debra L. StephensSigned Majority
Charles K. WigginsDid Not Participate
Steven C. GonzálezDid Not Participate
Karen G. Seinfeld,
Justice Pro Tem.
Dissent Author
Gerry L. Alexander,
Justice Pro Tem.
Signed Majority

COUNSEL OF RECORD
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Counsel for Petitioner(s)
 Rene David Tomisser  
 Office of the Attorney General
 Po Box 40126
 Olympia, WA, 98504-0126

Counsel for Respondent(s)
 Keith Leon Kessler  
 Stritmatter Kessler Whelan Coluccio
 413 8th St
 Hoquiam, WA, 98550-3607

 Kenneth Wendell Masters  
 Masters Law Group PLLC
 241 Madison Ave N
 Bainbridge Island, WA, 98110-1811

 Shelby R Frost Lemmel  
 Masters Law Group PLLC
 241 Madison Ave N
 Bainbridge Island, WA, 98110-1811

 Garth L. Jones  
 Stritmatter Kessler Whelan Coluccio
 413 8th St
 Hoquiam, WA, 98550-3607

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Allied Daily Newspapers of Washi
 Katherine George  
 Harrison Benis & Spence LLP
 2101 4th Ave Ste 1900
 Seattle, WA, 98121-2315

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Newspaper Publishers
 Katherine George  
 Harrison Benis & Spence LLP
 2101 4th Ave Ste 1900
 Seattle, WA, 98121-2315

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Cities Insurance Auth
 Michael E. Tardif  
 Freimund Jackson Tardif & Benedict Garra
 711 Capitol Way S Ste 602
 Olympia, WA, 98501-1236

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Counties Risk Pool
 Michael E. Tardif  
 Freimund Jackson Tardif & Benedict Garra
 711 Capitol Way S Ste 602
 Olympia, WA, 98501-1236

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association for
 Bryan Patrick Harnetiaux  
 Attorney at Law
 517 E 17th Ave
 Spokane, WA, 99203-2210

 George M Ahrend  
 Ahrend Law Firm PLLC
 100 E Broadway Ave
 Moses Lake, WA, 98837-1740


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