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Opinion Information Sheet

Docket Number: 88511-7
Title of Case: Walston v. Boeing Co.
File Date: 09/18/2014
Oral Argument Date: 02/13/2014

SOURCE OF APPEAL
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Appeal from Pierce County Superior Court
 10-2-13921-0
 Honorable Rosanne Nowak Buckner

JUSTICES
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Steven C. GonzálezSigned Dissent
Charles W. JohnsonSigned Majority
Barbara A. MadsenSigned Majority
Susan OwensMajority Author
Debra L. StephensSigned Dissent
Sheryl Gordon McCloudSigned Dissent
Mary I. YuDid Not Participate
J. Robert Leach,
Justice Pro Tem.
Signed Majority
Mary E. FairhurstSigned Majority
Charles K. WigginsDissent Author

COUNSEL OF RECORD
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Counsel for Petitioner(s)
 Matthew Phineas Bergman  
 Bergman Draper Ladenburg, PLLC
 614 1st Ave Fl 4
 Seattle, WA, 98104-2233

 Glenn S. Draper  
 Bergman Draper Ladenburg, PLLC
 614 1st Ave Fl 4
 Seattle, WA, 98104-2233

 Brian F. Ladenburg  
 Bergman Draper Ladenburg, PLLC
 614 1st Ave Fl 4
 Seattle, WA, 98104-2233

 Anna D. Knudson  
 Bergman Draper Ladenburg, PLLC
 614 1st Ave Fl 4
 Seattle, WA, 98104-2233

 John Wentworth Phillips  
 Phillips Law Group PLLC
 315 5th Ave S Ste 1000
 Seattle, WA, 98104-2682

Counsel for Respondent(s)
 William Brendan Murphy  
 Perkins Coie LLP
 1201 3rd Ave Ste 4900
 Seattle, WA, 98101-3099

 Bruce Duplan Campbell  
 Perkins Coie LLP
 1201 3rd Ave Ste 4900
 Seattle, WA, 98101-3099

 Katherine Carlson Wax  
 Perkins Coie LLP
 1201 3rd Ave Ste 4900
 Seattle, WA, 98101-3099

 Eric David Miller  
 Perkins Coie LLP
 1201 3rd Ave Ste 4900
 Seattle, WA, 98101-3099

 Paul Spencer Graves  
 Perkins Coie LLP
 1201 3rd Ave Ste 4900
 Seattle, WA, 98101-3099

 Timothy Kost Thorson  
 Carney Badley & Spellman
 701 5th Ave Ste 3600
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7010

Amicus Curiae on behalf of United Steelworkers Local 12-369
 Philip Albert Talmadge  
 Talmadge/Fitzpatrick
 2775 Harbor Ave Sw
 Seattle, WA, 98126-2138

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Associated General Contractors of Washington
 John Stephen Riper  
 Ashbaugh Beal LLP
 701 5th Ave Ste 4400
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7012

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Association of Washington Business
 Kristopher Ian Tefft  
 Washington Self-Insurers Association
 1401 4th Ave E Ste 200
 Olympia, WA, 98506-4484

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Self-insurers Association
 Kristopher Ian Tefft  
 Washington Self-Insurers Association
 1401 4th Ave E Ste 200
 Olympia, WA, 98506-4484

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc.
 Mark Behrens  
 Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
 1155 F Street Nw Suite 200
 Washington, DC, 20004

 Cary Silverman  
 Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
 1155 F Street Nw
 Suite 200
 Washington, DC, 20004

 David Bartley Eppenauer  
 Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
 701 5th Ave Ste 6800
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7066

 Sheldon Gilbert  
 National Chamber Litigation Center
 1615 H Street Nw
 Washington, DC, 20062

 H. Sherman Joyce  
 American Tort Reform Association
 1101 Connecticut Avenue Nw
 Suite 400
 Washington, DC, 20036

 Colleen Reppen Shiel  
 Property Casualty Insurers
 8700 West Bryn Mawr
 Suite 1200s
 Chicago, IL, 60631

 Donald Evans  
 American Chemistry Council
 700 Second Street Ne
 Washington, DC, 20002

 Karen Harned  
 N.F.I.B.L.F.
 1201 F. Street Nw Ste 200
 Washington, DC, 20004

 Elizabeth Milito  
 Nat. Federation of Indep. Business
 1201 F Street Nw Ste 200
 Washington, DC, 20004

 Allan Stein  
 American Insurance Association
 2101 L Street Nw
 Suite 400
 Washington, DC, 20037

 Gregg Dykstra  
 Nat. Ass'n of Mutual Ins. Co.
 3601 Vincennes Rd.
 Indianapolis, IN, 46268


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