KING v. OLYMPIC PIPELINE CO.

No. 46682-8-I.

16 P.3d 45 (2000)

104 Wash.App. 338

Frank S. KING, as the personal representative of the estate of Wade B. King, and Frank S. King and Mary L. King, individually, and Tracy K. Bell, individually, and Jason King, individually, Respondents, v. OLYMPIC PIPELINE COMPANY, a foreign corporation; Equilon Pipeline Company, LLC, a foreign limited liability company, Defendants, Fred Crognale, Frank Hopf, and Ron Brentson, Petitioners. Olympic Pipe Line Company, a foreign corporation, Equilon Pipeline Company, LLC, a foreign limited liability company, and Equilon Enterprises, LLC, a foreign limited liability company, Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. IMCO General Construction Co., a domestic corporation, and John Doe Defendants One Through Four, Third-Party Defendants, Bellingham Herald, Intervenor.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

As Amended on Denial of Reconsideration February 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin L. Dennis, Robert C. Blackstone, John Wolfe, Kathryn A. Miller, Wolfe & Rodihan, James E. Lobsenz, Carney, Badley, Smith & Spellman, Laurence B. Finegold, Seattle, Michael R. Spaan, Barat M. LaPorte, Anchorage, AK, for Appellants.

David M. Beninger, Paul N. Luvera, Luvera, Barnett, Brindley, Beninger & Cunningham, Seattle, Patricia E. Anderson, Kirkland, for Respondents.

D. Murphy Evans, Adelstein, Sharpe & Serka, Bellingham, for Intervenor.


ELLINGTON, J.

Whether to stay civil proceedings to protect a party's Fifth Amendment rights when parallel criminal proceedings are pending is a matter within the sound discretion of the trial court. No previous Washington decision has set forth the competing interests to be balanced in making such determinations. Having done so, we remand for rehearing. We also address an alternative...

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