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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court for King County, No. 94-1-06810-1, Patricia H. Aitken, J., entered October 17, 1996; August 9, 1996. Affirmed by unpublished opinion per Ellington, J., concurred in by Baker, C.J., and Kennedy, J.

166 P.3d 813 (2007) WESTMARK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a Washington corporation; Trizec Investment Corporation, a Washington corporation, Respondent, v. The CITY OF BURIEN, a municipal corporation, Appellant. No. 57958-4-I. Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1. September 4, 2007. *815 Charles Kenneth Wiggins, Wiggins & M

¶1 Coleman, J. This case concerns the City of Burien’s delay in issuing a SEPA1 decision on a permit application and its misrepresentation that a settlement agreement was approved in an open public meeting. The jury was asked to decide claims of negligence, tortious interference with a business expectancy, and negligent misrepresentation. On a general verdict form, the jury awarded th

Opinion FOTI, J. The defendant guarantors in this foreclosure action, Monroe Markovitz, in his individual capacity, and Markovitz and Gloria Weissberg as executors of the estate of Jesse S. Weissberg,1 appeal from the deficiency judgment rendered by the trial court in favor of the plaintiff, Regency Savings Bank, in the amount of $369,000. The defendants claim that the co

BACKGROUND CURTIN, Senior District Judge. In this action, plaintiff corporations West-mark Development Corp., d/b/a Central Sand & Gravel, and Westmark Properties, Inc., sought recovery on insurance policies provided by defendant insurance companies (Century Surety Co. and Merchants and Businessmen’s Mutual Insurance Co.) for losses resulting from an April 8, 1996 fire on plaintiffs’ premises.

53 Wn. App. 400 (1989) 766 P.2d 1146 WESTMARK PROPERTIES, INCORPORATED, Respondent, v. BRIAN P. McGUIRE, ET AL, Appellants. No. 11336-8-II. The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two. January 30, 1989. *401 Robert G. Hutchins and Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim,

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court for King County, No. 843097, Gerard M. Shellan, J., entered February 8, 1979. Affirmed by unpublished opinion per Durham, J., concurred in by James, C.J., and Ringold, J.

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260 P.3d 220 (2011) 163 Wn. App. 379 Mary CUMMINGS, Plaintiff, James Dougherty and Paul Sauvage, Respondents, v. BUDGET TANK REMOVAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, LLC, Appellant. No. 65249-4-I. Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1. September 6, 2011. *223 Matthew Turetsky, Averil Rothrock, Farron

Worswick, C.J. ¶1 Michael Libera appeals summary-dismissal of his claims against the City of Port Angeles, which had delayed connecting Libera’s property to the City storm drain. Libera argues that the superior court erred in dismissing his claim of intentional interference with business expectancy by government delay both on statute of limitations grounds and on the merits. Because Libera failed to establish an issue of material

Worswick, C.J. ¶1 Steve Fabre appeals the summary judgment dismissal of his claims against the Town of Ruston after it passed two ordinances — one taxing social card games and one prohibiting “house-banked” social card games — that Fabre claims drove his Point Defiance Cafe *154and Casino out of business. Fabre argues that the superior court erred by dismissing his claims

276 P.3d 376 (2012) 168 Wn. App. 438 Robin PARROTT-HORJES, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Michele L. Parrott, deceased and Laurie L. Delma, individually, Appellants, v. Marni G. RICE, a single individual, Respondent, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York corporation; and King County, a local government entity, Third Party Defendants. No. 65549-3-I.

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON J.K., a minor, by BRUCE A. WOLF, his No. 81234-3-I guardian ad litem; ELIZABETH A. EHLE; and JOE KETTENHOFEN, DIVISION ONE Respondents, v. PUBLISHED OPINION BELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 405, Appellant, KING COUNTY, and STATE OF WASHINGTON, Defendants. CHUN, J. — This case

¶1 The parties before us agreed to resolve their underlying dispute in binding arbitration. Fluor Daniel, Inc., prevailed and moved to reduce the arbitration award to judgment. Concluding that the arbitration award liquidated previously nonliquidated damages, the trial court reduced that award to judgment and added prejudgment interest from the date the arbitrator rendered the award to the time it was entered into judgment. We conclude that an arbitration aw

GORDON McCLOUD, J. ¶ 1 The Land Use Petition Act (LUPA), chapter 36.70C RCW, bars parties from challenging a local land use decision in state court if the parties fail to exhaust the administrative process. RCW 36.70C.030. The central issue in this case is (1) whether that administrative exhaustion rule applies to all tort claims that arise during the land use decision-making process.

Kulik, J. ¶1 The Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners (Board) twice denied an application by Manna Funding LLC1 for site-specific rezoning of its rural acreage near Roslyn. Manna sought relief under the Land Use Petition Act (LUPA), chapter 36.70C RCW, and the superior court ordered Kittitas County (County) to grant the rezone. Manna additionally sued the County for a claimed violation of RCW

Schultheis, J. Ferrell Family Farms (Ferrell) and Luvaas Family Farms (Luvaas) owned almost 4,000 acres of farmland as tenants in common. They managed the land under a farming agreement. When Ferrell attempted to lease the land, Luvaas balked. Ferrell submitted the issue of leasing to arbitration. The arbitrators decided that leasing should be allowed, but also decided that the farming agreement could be terminated and the land

OPINION AND ORDER MELINDA HARMON, District Judge. Pending before the Court is Defendant Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Americas, as Trastee for the Certificate-holders of Dover Mortgage Capital 2005-A Corporation, Grantor Trust Certificate Series 2005-A’s (“Deutsche”) Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment. Doc. 25. Having considered the motion and response, the facts in the record, and the ap

273 P.3d 965 (2012) 174 Wn.2d 157 ELCON CONSTRUCTION, INC., a Washington Corporation, Petitioner, v. EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Respondent. No. 83690-6. Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc. Argued October 27, 2011. Decided March 29, 2012. *967 Kevin W. Roberts, Robert Allan Dunn, Mich

APR - q lDIJ COURT COURT OF APPEALS, DIVISION III, STATE OF WASHINGTON Manna Funding, LLC a Washington ) No. 30539-2-111 Limited Liability Company, Wild Horse ) Ranch, LLC, a Washington Limited ) Liability Company, Peregrine Skies, LLC, ) a Washington Limited Liability Company, ) Pre