Taylor v. Shigaki

How courts have described this case

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

• applying the duty of good faith and fair dealing to uphold a contract and explaining that “the court will not give effect to interpretations that would render contract obligations illusory”
• “Because the decision to accept or reject settlement offers belongs to the client, Taylor’s interpretation of substantial performance would eviscerate the usefulness of contingency fee contracts.”
• contracts must be construed to avoid rendering contractual obligations illusory

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Quadrant Corp. v. American States Ins. Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-04-28· cited 166×
• Quadrant Corp. v. American States Insurance
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-04-28· cited 140×
• Fagerstrom v. Amazon.com, Inc.
  S.D. California· 2015-10-21· cited 42×
• Sak & Associates, / Cross- Res. v. Ferguson Construction, / Cross-app.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2015-08-10· cited 19×
• Forbes v. AMERICAN BLDG. MAINTENANCE CO.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2009-01-08· cited 13×
• Forbes v. American Building Maintenance Co. West
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2009-01-08· cited 13×
• Barrett v. Freise
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2003-11-24· cited 10×
• State v. Wilson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-08-21· cited 7×
• State v. Wilson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-09-21· cited 5×
• Spokane School District No. 81 v. Spokane Education Ass'n
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2014-05-22· cited 5×
• Brotherson v. Professional Basketball Club, LLC
  W.D. Washington· 2009-02-23· cited 4×
• Robbins v. Legacy Health System, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-10-22· cited 4×
• Barrett v. Freise
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-01-22· cited 1×
• Goncharuk v. Barrong
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-05-04· cited 1×
• Robbins, V Legacy Health System
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-10-22
• Puget Sound Energy, Inc. v. Utility Partners
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-04-27
• Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network, Inc, App V. Office Of Insurance Commissioner, Resp
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2023-08-29
• State of Washington v. Tim McManis
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2025-03-11
• Zion HealthShare, Inc. v. Office of the Insurance Commissioner
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2026-02-05

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Prier v. Refrigeration Engineering Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1968-06-20· cited 236×
• Fisher Properties, Inc. v. Arden-Mayfair, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1990-10-18· cited 150×
• Ridgeview Properties v. Starbuck
  Washington Supreme Court· 1982-01-14· cited 133×
• Barr v. Day
  Washington Supreme Court· 1994-10-06· cited 89×
• Ross v. Scannell
  Washington Supreme Court· 1982-07-08· cited 51×
• Kimball v. Public Utility District No. 1
  Washington Supreme Court· 1964-04-16· cited 34×
• Ramey v. Graves
  Washington Supreme Court· 1920-08-06· cited 23×
• Cavell v. Hughes
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1981-06-12· cited 21×
• Seattle Investment Co. v. Kilburn
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1971-06-14· cited 4×