Timing Is Everything: The Dog Bite Case That Took a Bite Out of Procedural Rules
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From the Desk of Ashley Nagrodski: After a long journey through the Superior Court and the Court of Appeals, Pecelj v. Sparks was finally dismissed by the King County Superior Court when the plaintiffs failed to serve their complaint in…
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Wednesday October 15, 2025
By: Ashley Nagrodski
Timing Is Everything: The Dog Bite Case That Took a Bite Out of Procedural Rules
Legal Alert
From the Desk of Ashley Nagrodski: After a long journey through the Superior Court and the Court of Appeals, Pecelj v. Sparks was finally dismissed by the King County Superior Court when the plaintiffs failed to serve their complaint in…
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Monday June 2, 2025
By: Ashley Nagrodski
A Contractual Defect: Washington Supreme Court Rules Contractual Time-Limitation Provision Unenforceable in Construction Defect Case
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From the Desk of Brian Schiewe: The general rule in Washington is that contracting parties will be bound to the terms of their agreement. However, sometimes contract provisions can be found substantively unconscionable and therefore void and unenforceable. Here, the…
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Thursday May 25, 2023
By: Brian Schiewe
The Action Accrues at Breach: The Oregon Court of Appeals Refuses to Apply the Discovery Rule to Breach of Contract Cases
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From the Desk of Mike Staskiews: In this recent Oregon Court of Appeals case, the Court addressed what seemed to be a split among two lines of case law regarding when the statute of limitations “accrues” in certain breach of…
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Friday April 14, 2023
By: Michael Staskiews
Delays Have Dangerous Ends
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When William Shakespeare wrote that line, he may as well have had Washington’s substitute service statute in mind. In an unpublished opinion, a Washington Court of Appeal looked at a Plaintiff’s month-long delay to mail notice to a Defendant’s last…
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Wednesday June 29, 2022
By: Firm Authorship
