Christie-Lambert Van & Storage Co. v. McLeod

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• relevant statute provided that court “shah” assess costs and “reasonable” attorneys’ fees against party who appeals and fails to improve arbitration award
• appellate court ordered sanction of $3,000 in attorneys’ fees plus costs against party that had failed in trial de novo to improve on $3,045.42 arbitration award entered against him
• appellate court ordered sanction of $3,000.00 in attorneys’ fees plus costs against party that had failed in trial de novo to improve on the $3045.42 arbitration award entered against him
• the purpose of requiring that the appellant from a mandatory arbitration pay attorney fees if he or she does not improve her position in the trial de novo is to discourage meritless appeals
• a new claim brought in the trial de novo not considered in the comparison
• award of fees on appeal allowed because party requesting fees complied with RAP 18.1

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

43 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Mahler v. Szucs
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-06-04· cited 384×
• Sofie v. Fibreboard Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1989-09-27· cited 308×
• Nevers v. Fireside, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-12-04· cited 149×
• Wilson v. Horsley
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-03-11· cited 116×
• Detweiler v. J. C. Penney Casualty Insurance
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-03-03· cited 85×
• Haley v. Highland
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-11-02· cited 80×
• Westberg v. All-Purpose Structures, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-05-09· cited 75×
• Wiley v. Rehak
  Washington Supreme Court· 2001-03-29· cited 67×
• Westberg v. All-Purpose Structures Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-06-13· cited 58×
• Perkins Coie v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-01-27· cited 54×
• Niccum v. Enquist
  Washington Supreme Court· 2012-09-20· cited 44×
• Barzellone v. Presley
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 2005-11-29· cited 35×
• Pybas v. Paolino
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1994-03-21· cited 31×
• Wilkerson v. United Investment, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1991-09-05· cited 23×
• State v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1988-03-28· cited 16×
• Puget Sound Bank v. Richardson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1989-05-30· cited 15×
• Fisher v. Edgerton
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2014-09-30· cited 14×
• Fernandes v. Mockridge
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1994-08-01· cited 12×
• Sultani v. Leuthy
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-05-05· cited 11×
• Thomas-Kerr v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2002-12-16· cited 11×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Parker v. Children's Hospital of Phila.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-01· cited 126×
• Smith Case
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1955-03-23· cited 119×
• Mellor v. Chamberlin
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-12-15· cited 88×
• Department of Transportation v. State Employees' Insurance Board
  Washington Supreme Court· 1982-06-03· cited 76×
• Alderwood Water District v. Pope & Talbot, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1963-06-13· cited 75×
• Bellevue Fire Fighters Local 1604 v. City of Bellevue
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-01-12· cited 63×
• Simonson v. Fendell
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-02-02· cited 52×
• State v. (1972) Evans Campaign Committee
  Washington Supreme Court· 1976-02-18· cited 52×
• Opinion of the Justices
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1973-05-14· cited 41×
• Smith v. Wissler
  Supreme Court· 1955-10-17· cited 16×
• Trump v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1981-04-28· cited 15×
• Wittler-Corbin Machinery Co. v. Martin
  Washington Supreme Court· 1907-09-07· cited 13×
• Kimbrough v. Holiday Inn
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1979-07-31· cited 12×
• Davy v. Moss
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1978-01-09· cited 12×
• McKenzie v. Royal Dairy
  Washington Supreme Court· 1904-07-15· cited 5×