Kammerer v. Western Gear Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• reasoning that California had an interest in punishing the defendant because the fraudulent conduct that caused the injury occurred in California
• citing, Victor v. Fanning Starkey Company, 4 Wash. App. 920, 486 P.2d 323 (1971)
• stipulation that defendant's attorneys would be called as witnesses held a waiver of attorney-client privilege permitting discovery of privileged documents
• Most authority holds that “observations by the lawyer that might be made by anyone, and which involve no communicative intent by the client, are not protected.”
• under the law of Washington, punitive damages are not allowed unless expressly authorized by the legislature.
• stipulation that defendant’s attorneys would be called as witnesses held a waiver of attorney-client privilege permitting discovery of privileged documents

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Cited by

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

• Haberman v. Washington Public Power Supply System
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-02-17· cited 400×
• G.S. Enterprises, Inc. v. Falmouth Marine, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-05-23· cited 257×
• Hangartner v. City of Seattle
  Washington Supreme Court· 2004-05-13· cited 93×
• Barr v. Interbay Citizens Bank of Tampa
  Washington Supreme Court· 1982-01-04· cited 79×
• Lowy v. PeaceHealth
  Washington Supreme Court· 2012-06-21· cited 75×
• Morgan v. City of Federal Way
  Washington Supreme Court· 2009-08-20· cited 51×
• In Re Air Crash Disaster at Washington, D.C. on January 13, 1982
  District of Columbia· 1983-03-03· cited 50×
• Schnall v. AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2011-04-14· cited 44×
• Pacesetter Real Estate, Inc. v. Fasules
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1989-03-09· cited 37×
• Conrad v. Manor
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2003-08-19· cited 34×
• Winchester v. Stein
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-07-30· cited 32×
• Singh v. Edwards Lifesciences Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2009-07-06· cited 32×
• Alpine Industries, Inc. v. Gohl
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1981-12-21· cited 32×
• Southwell v. Widing Transportation, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-02-16· cited 31×
• Baker v. CNA Insurance
  D. Montana· 1988-07-15· cited 29×
• Conrad Ex Rel. Conrad v. Alderwood Manor
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2003-10-14· cited 28×
• Ito International Corp. v. Prescott, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1996-08-26· cited 23×
• Fluke Corp. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-08-28· cited 21×
• Soter v. Cowles Pub. Co.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-03-09· cited 20×
• Soter v. Cowles Publishing Co.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-03-09· cited 20×

Cites

60 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Upjohn Co. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1981-01-13· cited 3,227×
• Lear, Inc. v. Adkins
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-16· cited 551×
• Grimsby v. Samson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1975-01-09· cited 296×
• Sidney Roginsky v. Richardson-Merrell, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1967-05-08· cited 235×
• James v. Powell
  New York Court of Appeals· 1967-03-02· cited 226×
• Hughes v. Fetter
  Supreme Court· 1951-06-04· cited 162×
• Lazenby Ex Rel. Lazenby v. Universal Underwriters Insurance
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1964-10-09· cited 104×
• Corrigal v. Ball & Dodd Funeral Home, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-04-20· cited 97×
• Finney v. Lockhart
  California Supreme Court· 1950-04-19· cited 94×
• Barr v. Interbay Citizens Bank of Tampa
  Washington Supreme Court· 1982-01-04· cited 79×
• Cherberg v. Peoples National Bank
  Washington Supreme Court· 1977-06-02· cited 74×
• Browning v. Slenderella Systems of Seattle
  Washington Supreme Court· 1959-07-09· cited 69×
• Wetherbee v. United Ins. Co. of America
  California Court of Appeal· 1971-06-22· cited 66×
• Higgins v. Central New England & Western Railroad
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1892-01-06· cited 66×
• Lundgren v. Whitney's Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-07-31· cited 51×
• Grays Harbor County v. Bay City Lumber Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1955-11-22· cited 45×
• Wilson v. Sun Publishing Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1915-05-18· cited 42×
• Mary S. Kraly, and Cross-Appellee v. National Distillers and Chemical Corporation, and Cross-Appellant
  Seventh Circuit· 1974-10-02· cited 40×
• Maki v. Aluminum Building Products
  Washington Supreme Court· 1968-01-11· cited 40×
• Miller v. Kingsley
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1975-06-12· cited 39×

Other cases named Kammerer v. Western Gear Corp.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Kammerer v. Western Gear Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1981-01-07· cited 21×