I've been a bit busy the last couple days, so this will be brief. Included in this post is one opinion out of the other Washington, the Supreme Court opinion in Wyeth. Because there's a lot to do though, I will keep it boiled down to the bare essentials: March 3, 2009 Div. II City of Gig Harbor v. N...

Three new opinions out of Div. II today. Unfortunately, I have no time today for smarmy comebacks, so I will instead point you here.   In re Det. of Sease It must be the week for SVP challenges. Sease claimed that the jury was not instructed on unanimity, and did not unanimopusly find which con...

Three new opinions out of Div. I from yesterday, seven from Div. II and one from Div. III today. If you are in P.I., be sure to check out Burton in detail. Div. I Burton v. Twin Commander Aircraft Llc. The General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994 (GARA) provides no suits can be brought for defect...

Four new opinions out of the Supreme Court today, I will attempt to make short order of them to get back to avoiding writing this summary judgment opposition. Cmty. Care Coal. of Wash. v. Reed In a 5-4, the court denied certiorari on a petition relating to the placement of I-1029 on the November bal...

Opinions out of Div. II & III as of yesterday. Div. II Ameriquest Mortgage v. State Ameriquest, as part of an investigation by the AGO resulting in settlement, disclosed certain customer loan files. Someone requested those loan files, as well as the AGO attorney work product, under Washington's ...

Two new opinions out of Div. III today. Graham v. Notti You have to love any opinion that begins: This is the saga of Harlee, the lost Pomeranian. Possibly a little overdramatic. The facts were these: Puppy found on county property (not city) and turned over to the local city shelter. The shelter ad...

In Colombia, the war on drugs is taking a sad turn. It appears that poor Colombians are being offered jobs, and then being killed by army troops. The men killed are classified as subversive and registered as a combat kill. "Some were vagrants, other street vendors and manual laborers. But their fate...