Spokane, Washington personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant claiming violation of his privacy rights.

Specifically, Plaintiff alleges that Defendant unlawfully obtained his and other users' cell phone numbers which he and other users register with a Twitter account and then sold that information to third-party advertisers from which Defendant illegally profited.More...    $0 (05-05-2023 - WA)

Seattle, Washington consumer law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on Telephone Consumer Protection Act violation theories.

Defendants claimed to have identified “a real questionâ€� regarding the viability of plaintiffs' autodialer claims, and plaintiffs have not shown that they will be prejudiced if a stay is ordered. Wood v. McEwen, 644 F.2d 797, 802 (9th Cir. 1981).<... More...    $0 (03-28-2023 - WA)

Seattle, WA: Consumer law lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on Telephone Consumer Protection Act (47 U.S.C. 227) violations.

See: 47 U.S.C §227. Restrictions on use of telephone equipment
(a) Definitions

As used in this section—

(1) The term “automatic telephone dialing system� means equipment which has the capacity—

(A) to store or... More...    $0 (08-17-2021 - WA)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm during civil unrest and looting in downtown Seattle.

A 33-year-old Kent, Washington man was indicted for being a felon in possession of a firearm during civil unrest and looting in downtown Seattle. Al M. Talaga was arrested in September 2020, following an investigation... More...    $0 (08-18-2021 - WA)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with for being a felon in possession of a firearm during civil unrest and looting in downtown Seattle.

Al M. Talaga, age 33, was arrested in September 2020, following an investigation of events that began June 1, 2020. At the sentencing hearing today U.S. District Judge James L. Robart told him, “You can’t have... More...    $0 (08-13-2021 - WA)

Seattle, WA - Seattle Man Pleads Guilty to Cyberstalking Campaign

A Seattle, Washington man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in the Western District of Washington for conducting cyberstalking and threat campaigns against multiple Washington residents. The victims’ names are being withheld to protect their privacy.

“Joel Kurzynski’s guilty plea demonstrates that conduct occu... More...    $0 (09-11-2018 - WA)

On remand from the United States Supreme Court we are tasked with deciding whether the unlawful entry into a residence by two sheriff’s deputies, without a warrant, consent, or exigent circumstances, was the proximate cause of the subsequent shooting and injuries to the plaintiffs. We hold that it was, permitting a federal claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We also hold that the plaintiffs have an inde... More...    $4000000 (07-29-2018 - WA)

After ruling on summary judgment that Sharon Sorby did not
enjoy qualified immunity from the plaintiffs’ claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the trial
court certified its order under RAP 2.3(b)(4) as one “involv[ing] a controlling question of
law as to which there is substantial ground for a difference of opinion.” We granted
discretionary review. We conclude that Ms. Sorby enjoys quali... More...    $0 (02-19-2018 - WA)

Juan Vega, Jr. was transferred from federal prison to a Seattle non-profit residential reentry center to complete the remainder of his prison sentence. There, he alleged that federal and private employees conspired to remove him from the halfway house known as Pioneer House, ostensibly based on his race and for asserting his First Amendment rights, by filing a false incident report. After his retu... More...    $0 (02-09-2018 - WA)

The State of Washington appeals the CR 12(b)(6) dismissal of its regulatory enforcement action against the Evergreen Freedom Foundation (the Foundation). The State filed suit after learning from a citizen complaint that the Foundation had provided pro bono legal services in support of local initiatives in Sequim, Chelan, and Shelton without reporting the value of those services to the Public Discl... More...    $0 (11-07-2017 - WA)

Vancouver, WA - Jury Convicts Evergreen Washington Teach Taking Upskirt Videos

The States of Washington charged Matthew Morasch, age 42, with voyeurism for taking upskirt videos of an unidentified female in the Battle Ground Goodwill and trying to take images of two female students in one of his classes.

Defendant denied wrongdoing.

Defendant was a freshman physics teach... More...    $0 (07-20-2017 - WA)

Rachelle and Charles Black were married for nearly 20
years and have three sons. They raised their children in a conservative Christian
church and sent them to private, Christian schools. In 2011, Rachelle1 told Charles
that she is a lesbian. In the order of dissolution, the trial court designated Charles as
the primary residential parent. The final parenting plan also awarded Char... More...    $0 (04-06-2017 - WA)

On January 27, 2017, the President issued Executive Order 13769, “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States” (the “Executive Order”). 82 Fed. Reg. 8,977. Citing the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and stating that “numerous foreign-born individuals have been convicted or implicated in terrorismrelated crimes” since then, the Executive Order declares that ... More...    $0 (02-09-2017 - WA)

Settle, WA - Former Expedia IT Support Worker Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading
Used Computer Network Credentials to Access Company Emails to Trade on Non-Public Information

A computer support technician formerly employed at Expedia offices in San Francisco pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to securities fraud. JONATHAN LY, 28, of San Francisco, admitted he used h... More...    $0 (12-11-2016 - WA)

In November 2012, Washington voters approved I-1240, codified in the Act,
providing for the establishment of up to 40 charter schools within five years. Clerk's
Papers (CP) at 39-78; RCW 28A.710.150(1). The Act was intended to provide parents
with "more options" regarding the schooling of their children. RCW 28A.710.005(1)(f);
see also RCW 28A.710.020(1) (new charter schools ar... More...    $0 (09-04-2015 - WA)

Advertisements featuring three minor girls, J.S., S.L., and L.C. (collectively
J.S.), allegedly were posted on a website owned and maintained by Village Voice
Media Holdings, d/b/a Backpage.com, Backpage.com LLC and New Times Media
LLC, d/b/a/ Backpage.com (collectively Backpage). J.S. allegedly was raped
multiple times by adult customers who responded to the advertisements. More...    $0 (09-03-2015 - WA)

Defendant King County’s public transit agency, Metro,
operates an extensive public transportation system in the
greater Seattle metropolitan area, with the primary purpose of
providing safe and reliable public transportation. Like many
transit agencies, Metro finances its operations in part by
selling advertising space, including on the exteriors of its
buses. Advertisement... More...    $0 (08-12-2015 - WA)

Near midnight in January 2012, WSP Trooper Ryan Durbin's radar detector
clocked a car moving at 119 mph on Interstate 5 (I-5) near Fife. Durbin pursued;
t~e car accelerated to 130 mph, avoiding traffic by driving on the far right shoulder
and then suddenly exiting I-5, running several red lights. The car, now traveling
the wrong way down Pacific A venue, turned off its lights a... More...    $0 (08-06-2015 - wa)

The Commission regulates the practice of pharmacy in the state of Washington. Wash. Rev. Code § 18.64.001. A comprehensive regulatory scheme tasks the Commission to, among other duties, “[r]egulate the practice of pharmacy and enforce all laws placed under its jurisdiction”; “[e]stablish the qualifications for licensure of pharmacists or pharmacy interns”; conduct and manage disciplinary proceed... More...    $0 (07-25-2015 - WA)

Scott Akrie and Volcan Group Inc., d/b/a NetLogix, sued
James Grant, Kassandra Kennan, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle Deposition
Reporters LLC, and T -Mobile USA Inc. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants twice
transcribed Jason Dillon's phone conversation without his permission and that in
Akrie, et al. v. Grant, et al., 89820-1
doing so they violated the privacy act, ch... More...    $0 (07-23-2015 - WA)

Appellants Woods View II, LLC (WVII) and Darlene Piper appeal
from the superior court' s grant of summary judgment in Kitsap County' s ( the County) favor on
WVII' s claims of negligence, tortious interference, and takings. These claims arise from the
alleged delay of several permits and governmental decisions required•for a project ofWVII. WVII
and Piper argue that ( 1) their cl... More...    $0 (06-09-2015 - WA)

This appeal from a conviction for aggravated murder is
unusual in that defendant Terrance Irby waived both his right to be represented
at trial and his right to be present. Irby's absence did not excuse the trial court
and the prosecutor from their responsibility to assure that Irby's jury was fair and
impartial. One of the jurors said during voir dire that she "would like to say h... More...    $0 (04-18-2015 - WA)

In 2010, the legislature enacted a new guardianship statute,
chapter 13.36 RCW (new statute), to create permanency for children in foster care
through the dismissal of dependency and the appointment of a guardian. RCW
13.36.010. This case involves whether the preponderance of the evidence standard
of proof satisfies due process and whether the record supports the trial court's
... More...    $0 (02-19-2015 - WA)

Terry and Petra Riely (the Rielys) appeal the trial court' s judgment awarding
damages to Robert Gunn for timber trespass on Gunn' s property. The Rielys argue that the trial
court erred when it (1) applied RCW 4.24.630, the waste statute, instead ofRCW 64. 12. 030, the
timber trespass statute; (2) did not consider the Rielys' affirmative defense that Oasis Well Drilling
Oasis) was... More...    $0 (01-21-2015 - WA)

We must decide whether a suspicionless roving
automobile stop of commercial fishers made while they drive
on a public highway to investigate compliance with
Washington fish and game laws constitutes an unreasonable
search and seizure within the meaning of the Fourth
Amendment and, if so, whether this right was clearly
4 TARABOCHIA V. ADKINS
established as of the time of... More...    $0 (09-10-2014 - WA)

A resident of Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 30 months in prison and two years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute marijuana, distribution of marijuana and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. ALEJANDRO ANTONIO CASTILLO, 51, came to the attention of law enforcement in M... More...    $0 (03-10-2014 - WA)

An officer stopped the defendant for a traffic violation and pulled the car he was driving off a busy highway. When it turned out that the driver and his passenger both had suspended drivers' licenses and alternate arrangements could not be made, the officer arranged for a tow truck to move the car. In order to turn the vehicle over to the towing company, the officer conducted an inventory search ... More...    $0 (05-30-2013 - WA)

Petitioner Derrick Robert Evans stole a business check from the small business where he worked, made the check out to himself for $500, then forged a signature on the check and cashed it. Evans was charged with identity theft and convicted after a bench trial. See RCW 9.35.020(1) ("No person may knowingly obtain, possess, use, or transfer a means of identification or financial information of anoth... More...    $0 (04-11-2013 - WA)

The “yellow pages� telephone directory was once a ubiquitous part of American life, found in virtually every household and office. We were regularly encouraged to let our fingers do the walking. But times have changed, and today phone books, like land-line telephones themselves, are not so universally accepted.

The City of Seattle imposes substantial conditions and costs on the distribu... More...    $0 (10-15-2012 - WA)

Plaintiffs, Washington State Medicaid beneficiaries with severe mental and physical disabilities, appeal the district court’s denial of their motion for a preliminary injunction. Plaintiffs seek to enjoin the operation of a regulation promulgated by Washington’s Department of Social and Health Services (“DSHSâ€�) that reduces the amount of in-home “personal care servicesâ€� available under... More...    $0 (12-16-2011 - WA)

The ripeness doctrine ensures that regulatory takings claims are not

litigated before they are fully developed at the local level. Because land use decisions involve a

great deal of government discretion, courts must be careful not to weigh in on a dispute until the

government has had an opportunity to render a final decision regarding the use of the land in

quest... More...    $0 (11-08-2011 - WA)

These cases present questions about whether the use of a taser to subdue a suspect resulted in the excessive use of force and whether the officers are entitled to qualified immunity.1 In Brooks v. City of Seattle, Plaintiff Malaika Brooks was tased; in Mattos v. Agarano, Plaintiff Jayzel Mattos was tased.

Both women were tased during an encounter with police officers.

They subseq... More...    $0 (10-17-2011 - WA)

Plaintiffs-Appellants Laura Krottner, Ishaya Shamasa, and Joseph Lalli appeal the district court’s dismissal of their negligence and breach of contract claims against Starbucks Corporation. Plaintiffs-Appellants are current or former Starbucks employees whose names, addresses, and social security numbers were stored on a laptop that was stolen from Starbucks.

Their complaints allege tha... More...    $0 (12-22-2010 - WA)

Bruce E. Eklund (Eklund) brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Seattle Municipal Court (the Municipal Court), the chief judge of the court, Fred Bonner (Bonner), and others. Eklund alleged wrongful termination of his employment by the Municipal Court and denial of due process of law in his termination. A jury returned a verdict for the defendants on the wrongful termination... More...    $0 (11-30-2010 - WA)

Paul and Dianne Cokeley seek review of a Court of Appeals decision holding that Scott and Kim Merriman sufficiently proved a clear and well-defined boundary between the parties’ properties sufficient to establish the boundary by mutual recognition and acquiescence. Because we agree with the trial court that the Merrimans failed to prove a clear and well-defined boundary by clear, cogent, and con... More...    $0 (04-08-2010 - WA)

The False Claims Act (“FCAâ€�) was designed to encourage reporting of false or fraudulent claims that are submitted to the federal government for approval or payment. Typically a relator—a whistle-blowing employee, a business partner or competitor—brings suit “for the benefit of the United States.â€� Mortgages, Inc. v. U.S. Dist. Ct., 934 F.2d 209, 210 (9th Cir. 1991) (per curiam). The gov... More...    $0 (01-06-2010 - WA)

The False Claims Act (“FCAâ€�) was designed to encourage reporting of false or fraudulent claims that are submitted to the federal government for approval or payment. Typically a relator—a whistle-blowing employee, a business partner or competitor—brings suit “for the benefit of the United States.â€� Mortgages, Inc. v. U.S. Dist. Ct., 934 F.2d 209, 210 (9th Cir. 1991) (per curiam). The gov... More...    $0 (11-19-2009 - WA)

We must decide whether the district court abused its discretion by preliminarily enjoining the enforcement of new rules promulgated by the Washington State Board of Pharmacy (“Boardâ€�) that require pharmacies to deliver lawfully prescribed Federal Drug Administration (“FDAâ€�)–approved medications and prohibit discrimination against patients, on the ground that the rules violate pharmaciesâ... More...    $0 (10-30-2009 - WA)