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The
Fall 2007 issue of the Washington
Insurance Law Letter is now available.
Reed
McClure will present its 10th Insurance Law Seminar on Thursday
May 8, 2008.
We
are pleased to announce that we have hired two very experienced
lawyers, Christopher Nye
and Earle Bravo. Mr. Nye
brings 7years of experience in defense work and Mr. Bravo
has practiced for 7years in Seattle. We look forward to integrating
them into our practice, in helping us be more responsive and
to better serve our clients.
In
near record time Earl
Sutherland procured a St. Patrick’s Day reversal
of a superior court judge who had refused to dismiss his client.
The Court of Appeals held: For purposes of RCW 25.15.303,
which limits lawsuits against limited liability companies
to those commenced within three years after the effective
date of dissolution, the phrase “effective date of dissolution”
means the date of administrative dissolution. Thus
Earl’s client was entitled to be dismissed as it was
sued more than 3 years after its dissolution.
In
the last of almost 100 appearances before the Washington Supreme
Court Reed McClure's William
R. Hickman secured an affirmance of the dismissal of a
wrongful death claim against a ski boat manufacturer in a
high profile case involving "teak-surfing". The
father's claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress
arising out of the drowning of his adult daughter while "teak-surfing"
was dismissed because the father was not present at the scene
at the time of the accident, nor did he arrive "shortly
thereafter."
The
9th Circuit has issued a ruling in favor of attorney Michael
Rogers. Our client, an insurance company, had been subjected
to multiple state court proceedings by a policyholder. It
appeared the end of the line when the U S Supreme Court denied
review. But the policyholder filed a new suit in federal court.
Affirming the dismissal of this suit the 9th Circuit noted
that the federal court lacked jurisdiction to hear a claim
that was actually an attempted appeal of state court proceedings.
William
Hickman and Pamela Okano
were recently named by Washington Law & Politics magazine
as two of the state's top 10 appellate lawyers.
One
of the most fundamental questions concerning the newly enacted
R-67 is whether it is retroactive, i.e. does it apply to conduct
which occurred before December 6, 2007? Reed McClure's Michael
Rogers successfully argued to the Federal Court in Spokane
that it was not retroactive. The court agreed with Michael
that the Legislature did not provide for retroactivity, it
was not curative, and it was not remedial.
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