| The
Really Long Winter 2008 issue of the Washington
Insurance Law Letter is available.
Pamela
Okano and Michael
Budelsky recently prevailed on a motion on the merits
to affirm a judgment on a defense verdict in a medical malpractice
case. They successfully argued to the Division One Court of
Appeals that two of the issues on appeal did not apply to
their physician clients, and that the remaining two issues
were not properly preserved by the plaintiff at trial.
Marilee
C. Erickson obtained a victory for our clients recently
when Division II of the Court of Appeals ruled that a party
has right to unilaterally withdraw a request for trial de
novo from a mandatory arbitration award in Hudson
v. Hapner.
REED
McCLURE SUPER LAWYERS 2008: The June 1, 2008 issue
of the New York Times contained the announcement of the 2008
Washington Super Lawyers as selected by the magazine Washington
Law & Politics. Named to the 2008 list of Super Lawyers
were Pam Okano and
William R Hickman.
The announcement noted that only 5% of Washington attorneys
were named to the list. The selection came through an extensive
process of balloting, blue ribbon panel review and independent
research.
Attorney
Jack Rankin has set
many records. Not all of the records have been in courtrooms.
Recently, Jack set two state records at the USAPL Washington
State Power-lifting Championships. He bench pressed 214 pounds
and did a dead lift of 440 pounds. His accomplishments are
featured in the May 2008 issue of the King
County Bar Bulletin (click link for article).
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. |
