We must decide whether, under the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act, a company that sent letters demanding that
hospital patients pay their overdue medical bills meaningfully
participated in the hospital’s efforts to collect debts.
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Michelle Echlin is a former patient of PeaceHealth
Southwest Medical Center (PeaceHealth) in Vancouver,
4 ECHLIN V PEACEHEALTH
Washin... More...    $0 (04-20-2018 - WA)

We must decide whether the city of Bothell assumed
responsibility for maintaining a drainage pipe installed in Crystal Ridge, a residential
subdivision in Snohomish County. Crystal Ridge was developed from two residential
plats that Snohomish County approved in 1987. The area became incorporated into
the city of Bothell (City) in 1992. One of the plats contained a drainage easement... More...    $0 (02-12-2015 - WA)

This case requires us to once again consider the district court’s admission of expert testimony at trial. We review the admission of expert testimony at trial for an abuse of discretion. Primiano v. Cook, 598 F.3d 558, 563 (9th Cir. 2010). If the district court improperly admitted the expert testimony, we apply harmless error review to determine whether its decision must be reversed. United Stat... More...    $0 (01-15-2014 - WA)

This case arises out of a condemnation action for a way of private necessity. It asks us to determine whether, under RCW 8.24.030, the trial court had the discretion to require the original condemnee to pay an alternative condemnee’s attorney fees and to reduce the original condemnee’s award of attorney fees due to the alternative condemnee’s involvement in the action. Fred and Faith Noble (... More...    $0 (10-08-2009 - wa)

Clallam Transit sued Anh Voang on an eminent domain theory seeking to acquire by condemnation 6,960 square feet of Ms. Voang's property for used as part of The Gateway transit center.

Voang sought $539,260 in compensation for the taking of her property and $155,000 in severance damages to the Harbortowne Mall which was located on a portion of the property not taken.... More...    $336132 (06-05-2009 - WA)

The Citty of Bonney Lake sought to acquire through its power of eminent domain (condemnation) the rights, title and interests owned by Schuur Brothers Co. in a 12.55-acre addition to Allan Yorke Park for the purpose of developing a public park. The city offered the defendant real estate development company $1.2 million for the property. The company wanted $2.4 million.... More...    $5000000 (08-09-2005 - WA)

This case requires us to determine how 'measurable damages' should be calculated when a city annexes territory covered by the certificate of a private solid waste collection company. Former RCW 35A.14.900 (1996) provides that when a city annexes territory, the city may allow the territory's garbage hauler to continue to serve the territory for five years.1 If the city so chooses, the cit... More...    $0 (03-06-2003 - WA)

Dahl-Smyth, Inc. sued the City of Walla Walla under former RCW 35.13.280 (1965) after Walla Walla annexed certain areas in which Dahl-Smyth held an exclusive right to provide waste collection services. Dahl-Smyth initially sued under former RCW 35.13.280, which deals with annexation by non-code cities and is virtually identical to the language in former RCW 35A.14.900 (1967). Because Walla... More...    $0 (01-15-2002 - WA)

Inverse condemnation - Logging company was prevented from harvesting forest where endangered spotted owls lived. Plaintiff claimed that the state took its property without judge compensation. The state offered to let the plaintiff harvest trees if it agreed to a polan for the harvestin with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spanning thousands of acres of forest. Because the restrictions on har... More...    $2250000 (06-12-2000 - WA)

Inverse Condemnation - Before the Skagit River empties into Skagit Bay on the Puget Sound, it flows through 90,000 acres of property lying in a floodplain. The Skagit River delta floodplain is approximately 11 miles across an east-west axis, and 19 miles along a north-south axis. The Nookachamps area, located upstream from the City of Mount Vernon and across the river from the City of Burlington, ... More...    $6300000 (09-09-1999 - WA)

Condemnation (eminent domain) proceeding by the State of Washington to acquire 5.56 acres for construction of a section of highway. The State offered $38,900 for the taking, which was refused. The State claimed that the 5.56 acres was part of a 24.45-acre leased parcel that contained little remaining sand and gravel deposits and that the highest and best use of the property was for residential p... More...    $3500000 (12-23-1996 - WA)