Owen v. Burlington Northern and Santa Fe RR Co.

Decided March 24, 2005. Tom Chambers wrote the opinion for the court.

108 P.3d 1220 · Cited 220 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.

• Owen v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad · 114 Wash. App. 227
• Keller v. City of Spokane · 146 Wash. 2d 237
• Hartley v. State · 698 P.2d 77
• Ruff v. County of King · 887 P.2d 886
• Ulve v. City of Raymond · 317 P.2d 908
• Hisle v. Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. · 151 Wash. 2d 853
• Hisle v. Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. · 93 P.3d 108
• LaPlante v. State · 531 P.2d 299
• Trimble v. Washington State University · 993 P.2d 259
• Barrie v. Hosts of America, Inc. · 618 P.2d 96
• Gilbert H. Moen Co. v. Island Steel Erectors, Inc. · 912 P.2d 472
• Provins v. Bevis · 422 P.2d 505
• City of Seattle v. Burlington Northern Railroad · 145 Wash. 2d 661
• Bauman v. Crawford · 704 P.2d 1181
• Bartlett v. Northern Pacific Railway Co. · 447 P.2d 735
• Goodner v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad · 61 Wash. 2d 12
• Kitt v. Yakima County · 611 P.2d 1234
• Hewitt v. Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Co. · 402 P.2d 334
• Owen v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad · 153 Wash. 2d 780
• Trimble v. Washington State University · 140 Wash. 2d 88
• City of Seattle v. Burlington NR Co. · 41 P.3d 1169

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• Neil Rush v. William I. Blackburn · 190 Wash. App. 945
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• Harper v. State · 429 P.3d 1071
• Darlington Ofuasia Et Al., Appellants, v. Dana William Smurr Et Al., Respondents · 198 Wash. App. 133
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• Puget Sound Security Patrol, Inc. v. William Bates And Kathryn Bates · 197 Wash. App. 461
• Cho v. City of Seattle · 185 Wash. App. 10
• Xiao Ping Chen v. City of Seattle · 153 Wash. App. 890
• Morgan v. Kingen · 169 P.3d 487
• Lowe v. Rowe · 173 Wash. App. 253
• Tammy Wolf Slack v. Lucinda Luke · 192 Wash. App. 909

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