Owen v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad

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

153 Wash. 2d 780 · Cited 219 times

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• 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
• 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
• 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
• Hisle v. Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. · 93 P.3d 108
• Trimble v. Washington State University · 140 Wash. 2d 88
• City of Seattle v. Burlington Northern Railroad · 145 Wash. 2d 661

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• The-Anh Nguyen v. City of Seattle · 179 Wash. App. 155
• Kinney v. Cook · 150 Wash. App. 187
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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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