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Docket Number: 91387-1
Title of Case: Volk v. DeMeerleer
File Date: 12/22/2016
Oral Argument Date: 11/17/2015

SOURCE OF APPEAL
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Appeal from Spokane County Superior Court
 11-2-00277-7
 Honorable Tari S. Eitzen

JUSTICES
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Barbara A. MadsenSigned Dissent
Charles W. JohnsonSigned Majority
Susan OwensSigned Dissent
Mary E. FairhurstMajority Author
Debra L. StephensSigned Majority
Charles K. WigginsDissent Author
Steven C. GonzálezSigned Majority
Sheryl Gordon McCloudSigned Majority
Mary I. YuSigned Majority

COUNSEL OF RECORD
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Counsel for Petitioner(s)
 Robert F. SesteroII  
 Evans, Craven & Lackie, P.S.
 818 W Riverside Ave Ste 250
 Spokane, WA, 99201-0994

 Michael Early McFarland Jr.  
 Attorney at Law
 818 W Riverside Ave Ste 250
 Spokane, WA, 99201-0910

 Christopher Joseph Kerley  
 Evans, Craven & Lackie, P.S.
 818 W Riverside Ave Ste 250
 Spokane, WA, 99201-0994

 David A. Kulisch  
 Attorney at Law
 1500 Bank Of America Fin Ctr
 601 W Riverside Ave
 Spokane, WA, 99201-0621

Counsel for Respondent(s)
 Michael Jon Riccelli  
 Attorney at Law
 400 S Jefferson St Ste 112
 Spokane, WA, 99204-3144

 Bruce E. Cox  
 Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance Company
 1460 Wells St
 Enumclaw, WA, 98022-3098

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
 Stewart Andrew Estes  
 Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S.
 800 Fifth Ave Ste 4141
 Seattle, WA, 98104-3175

 Ryan Marshall Beaudoin  
 Witherspoon Kelley Davenport & Toole PS
 422 W Riverside Ave Ste 1100
 Spokane, WA, 99201-0300

 Matthew William Daley  
 Witherspoon, Kelley, Davenport & Toole
 422 W Riverside Ave Ste 1100
 Spokane, WA, 99201-0300

 Samuel Charles Thilo  
 Witherspoon Kelley
 422 W Riverside Ave Ste 1100
 Spokane, WA, 99201-0300

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

 Bryan Harnetiaux  
 WA State Ass'n for Justice Foundation
 517 E. 17th Avenue
 Spokane, WA, 99203

 Daniel Edward Huntington  
 Richter-Wimberley PS
 422 W Riverside Ave Ste 1300
 Spokane, WA, 99201-0305

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Medical Association
 Gregory Mann Miller  
 Carney Badley Spellman PS
 701 5th Ave Ste 3600
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7010

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Hospital Association
 Gregory Mann Miller  
 Carney Badley Spellman PS
 701 5th Ave Ste 3600
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7010

Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Medical Association
 Gregory Mann Miller  
 Carney Badley Spellman PS
 701 5th Ave Ste 3600
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7010

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Psychiatric Association
 Gregory Mann Miller  
 Carney Badley Spellman PS
 701 5th Ave Ste 3600
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7010

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Chapter-american College of Emergency Physicians
 Gregory Mann Miller  
 Carney Badley Spellman PS
 701 5th Ave Ste 3600
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7010

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Council of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
 Gregory Mann Miller  
 Carney Badley Spellman PS
 701 5th Ave Ste 3600
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7010

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Academy of Family Physicians
 Gregory Mann Miller  
 Carney Badley Spellman PS
 701 5th Ave Ste 3600
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7010

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Victim Support Services
 Mark Leemon  
 Leemon + Royer PLLC
 2505 2nd Ave Ste 610
 Seattle, WA, 98121-1483

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness
 Mark Leemon  
 Leemon + Royer PLLC
 2505 2nd Ave Ste 610
 Seattle, WA, 98121-1483

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Psychological Association
 Paul Arthur Bastine  
 Attorney at Law
 806 S Raymond Rd
 Spokane Valley, WA, 99206-3530

Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Psychiatric Association
 Gregory Mann Miller  
 Carney Badley Spellman PS
 701 5th Ave Ste 3600
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7010


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