A Washington State Court of Appeals panel has upheld the conviction of a man found guilty of a fatal drug delivery in Kittitas County, rejecting claims that his defense attorney’s side job as a part-time court commissioner created an unconstitutional conflict of interest. In an unpublished opinion filed

A procedural misstep has abruptly ended an appeal over a recreational vehicle dispute, leaving a Yakima County Superior Court judge’s ruling intact. In an unpublished opinion filed Thursday, the Washington State Court of Appeals Division III, declined to review a decision by Yakima County Superior Court Judge Jared A.

A Kent resident has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and an unidentified driver, alleging negligence and negligent entrustment following a 2024 traffic collision that left him with what the complaint describes as “life-changing injuries.” The civil complaint, filed on

The Washington State Court of Appeals Division III, handed down an unpublished opinion on Thursday, partially reversing a Yakima County Superior Court judge’s child support calculation in a divorce case. In a decision authored by Judge John Cooney, the appellate court ruled that Judge Kevin Naught abused his discretion

A King County resident has filed a class action lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints alleging the religious institution systematically violated Washington state’s pay transparency laws. 📄 367620286 - CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT (1.82MB ∙ PDF file) The complaint, filed in King County Superior Court on April

The Washington State Court of Appeals upheld a King County judge’s involuntary commitment order on Monday, establishing a key legal precedent that a documented history of mental illness is not required for the state to deem someone “gravely disabled” and mandate treatment. The published opinion from the state Court

A legal battle over whether the state’s primary health insurance plan discriminates against disabled employees is heading back to Thurston County. In a published opinion released Monday, Division I of the Washington State Court of Appeals unanimously reversed a Thurston County judge’s dismissal of a proposed class-action

An ongoing legal battle over accountability in Washington’s foster care system reached a critical turning point last week. The Washington State Supreme Court upheld a Clark County judge’s ruling, ordering the State to hand over highly sensitive child welfare records to former foster children suing over alleged abuse.

In a ruling handed down late Wednesday, Judge Christine Schaller sided with a coalition of eastern Washington sheriffs and law enforcement candidates who argued that Senate Bill 5974 violates both the First Amendment and the state constitution. The injunction specifically halts the enforcement of “Section 9” of the legislation. The

Sean Patrick Kuhlmeyer, a Seattle attorney currently serving a nine-month suspension for trust account violations and a barrage of frivolous lawsuits, has lost his latest legal challenge in the Washington State Court of Appeals. In an unpublished opinion authored by Chief Judge Cecily Hazelrigg and filed on April 20,

Carl J. King, the 23-year-old Sequim man facing multiple felony charges related to the possession of child sexual abuse material, appeared in Clallam County Superior Court this afternoon. Despite King’s ties to the Dungeness Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the proceeding

An 11-year legal battle over a child’s custody arrangement is currently pending before the Washington Supreme Court, asking justices to answer a procedural question with profound implications for family law. The case centers on a mother’s request to revisit a 2019 parenting plan after her child’s

Today, the Washington State Commission on Judicial Conduct released two disciplinary stipulations detailing severe misconduct by judicial officers. According to the stipulations, King County District Court Judge Fa’amomoi Masaniai and Kitsap County Superior Court Commissioner Lynn K. Fleischbein were sanctioned for actions that betray the core responsibilities of their

The legal battle over an alleged interstate child sex abuse cover-up escalated Friday, as attorneys for the plaintiff responded to the LDS Church’s assertion that it possessed “no legal duty” to intervene and protect a teenage girl from her abusive father. In a 14-page reply filed earlier