BURLINGTON NORTHERN v. WOODS INDUSTRIES

No. C88-654-FVS.

815 F.Supp. 1384 (1993)

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD CO., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, v. WOODS INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Washington.

February 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Kingen, Paul J. Lawrence, Craig S. Trueblood, Preston Thorgrimson Shilder Gates & Ellis, Spokane, WA, for plaintiff.

Elmo F. Jewell, Yakima, WA, pro se.

Russell C. Love, Thorsrud Cane & Paulich, Seattle, WA, for Elmo F. Brewer, defendant and defendants, et al.

Steven W. Hale, Barrett Hale Gilman, Seattle, WA, for Merck & Co., defendant.

Richard W. Elliott, Davis Wright Tremaine, Bellevue, WA, for ICI Americas, Inc., defendant, and defendants, et al.

Jane Doe Jewell, Yakima, WA, pro se.

Randy J. Aliment, P. Arley Harrel, Mark M. Myers, Williams Kastner & Gibbs, Seattle, WA, for Rhone-Poulenc, Inc., a foreign corporation, third-party defendant, and defendants, et al.

Thomas M. Fitzpatrick, William L. Neal, Stafford Frey Cooper & Stewart, Seattle, WA, for Stauffer Chemical Co., defendant.

Walter G. Meyer, Meyer & Fluegge, Yakima, WA, for Hansen Fruit & Cold Storage Co., defendant.

Clark H. Richards, Lukins and Annis, Spokane, WA, for Tri-River Chemical Co., Inc., defendant.

Robert F. Bakemeier, Bogle & Gates, Seattle, WA, for Hooker Chemical, defendant.

D. Bernard Zaleha, and Bruce M. Smith, Rosholt Robertson & Tucker, Boise, ID, for L.H. Haslam, defendant.

James L. Phillips, Preston Thorgrimson Shidler Gates & Ellis, Bellevue, WA, for Burlington Northern R.R. Co.


ORDER DENYING SUMMARY JUDGMENT

VAN SICKLE, District Judge.

THE FOLLOWING motions are before the Court: (1) Hansen Fruit & Cold Storage Company's motion for summary judgment (Ct.Rec. 76); (2) Burlington Northern Railroad's motion to strike the Declaration of Gary Hansen (Ct.Rec. 97); and (3) Burlington Northern's motion to dismiss its Third Cause of Action (Ct.Rec. 125).

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