Afoa v. Port of Seattle

Decided January 31, 2013. Charles K. Wiggins wrote the opinion for the court.

176 Wash. 2d 460 · Cited 71 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Kelley v. Howard S. Wright Construction Co. · 582 P.2d 500
• Stute v. P.B.M.C., Inc. · 788 P.2d 545
• Kamla v. the Space Needle Corporation · 147 Wash. 2d 114
• Goucher v. J. R. Simplot Co. · 709 P.2d 774
• Fardig v. Reynolds · 348 P.2d 661
• Tauscher v. Puget Sound Power & Light Co. · 635 P.2d 426
• Fenimore v. Donald M. Drake Construction Co. · 549 P.2d 483
• Younce v. Ferguson · 724 P.2d 991
• Lopez v. University Partners · 54 Cal. App. 4th 1117
• SuperValu, Inc. v. Department of Labor & Industries · 158 Wash. 2d 422
• Vella v. Hartford Vermont Acquisitions, Inc. · 2003 VT 108
• Adkins v. ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AM. · 756 P.2d 142
• City of Sequim v. Malkasian · 138 P.3d 943
• Mills v. Orcas Power & Light Co. · 355 P.2d 781
• Hennig v. Crosby Group, Inc. · 802 P.2d 790
• Myers v. Little Church by the Side of the Road · 37 Wash. 2d 897
• Harry v. Buse Timber & Sales, Inc. · 166 Wash. 2d 1
• Martinez Melgoza & Associates, Inc. v. Department of Labor & Industries · 125 Wash. App. 843
• Waste Management Inc. v. Superior Court · 13 Cal. Rptr. 3d 910
• Afoa v. Port of Seattle · 247 P.3d 482
• Enersen v. Anderson · 348 P.2d 401
• Iwai v. State · 915 P.2d 1089
• Iwai v. State · 129 Wash. 2d 84
• City of Sequim v. Malkasian · 157 Wash. 2d 251
• Kamla v. Space Needle Corp. · 52 P.3d 472

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Afoa v. Port of Seattle · 421 P.3d 903
• Brandon Apela Afoa, / Cross-app. v. Port Of Seattle, / Cross-res. · 198 Wash. App. 206
• Potelco, Inc. v. Department of Labor & Industries · 191 Wash. App. 9
• Wilcox v. Basehore · 187 Wash. 2d 772
• Crabb v. Department of Labor & Industries · 181 Wash. App. 648
• H.B.H. v. State · 429 P.3d 484
• McKown v. Simon Property Group, Inc. · 182 Wash. 2d 752
• Shizuko Mita v. Guardsmark, LLC · 182 Wash. App. 76

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