Attorney William D. Edelblute's Legal Cases

Employment and labor

Nutter vs UPS Ground Freight Inc.

Dec 06, 2011

OUTCOME: $87,000 settlement

Alleged violations of FMLA, Washington Law Against Discrimination, wrongful termination from employment.

Personal injury

Ainsworth/Revious vs. Reynolds/Hyndman, Pend Oreille Co District Court

Oct 13, 2010

OUTCOME: Judgment for Plaintiffs, $11,771.54, for emotional distress and property loss.

Bounty hunters went to wrong house, shot a dog belonging to my clients, who had no connection with the fugitive sought by the negligent bounty hunters.

Litigation

Robbins vs. Hayden

Aug 28, 2009

OUTCOME: Judgment against Defendant for $30,042. Collected $40,000 after Defendant had to pay fees for resisting garnishment.

Landlord retained the plaintiffs' personal belongs claiming they owed him for damages to the rental house. Plaintiffs' had demanded return of the property prior to retaining an attorney, but landlord ... still refuse, and sold their property. Case went to bench trial, with $22,000 in damages awarded to Plaintiffs, and their reasonable attorney fees were awarded in addition. I tracked down where the Defendant was hiding his personal funds, and ended up recovering $40,000 because of additional fees awarded for winning a contested garnishment.

Appeals

State v. DeVries 149 Wn.2d 842 (2003)

N/A

OUTCOME: Conviction reversed and charged dismissed.

I was contacted by the trial lawyer for help! The trial judge did not even allow him to make a closing argument for this alleged juvenile offender. That made me know I had to take the case. The C ... ourt of Appeals reversed the conviction due to the failure to even let defense counsel argue, but remanded for a new trial. That was not acceptable, there simply was no evidence to support the conviction. I asked the Supreme Court for review, and they dismissed the charge for lack of evidence, completely exonerating this unfairly accused high school student.

Appeals

State v Bailey 77 Wn App 732 (1995)

N/A

OUTCOME: Conviction reversed and dismissed.

Client was charged with game violation because one of his party had euthanized an already wounded deer. Court of Appeals agreed the facts did not constitute the crime charged, reversed and dismissed. ...

Consumer protection

Brauer et al vs. Pam Bennett WL 5427912

N/A

OUTCOME: Bench verdict for $95,000

Eight people invested from $5,000 to $15,000 each with Pam Bennett, purportedly to be furnished search engines to start their own businesses, along with training. All they ever got was phony "training ... " and no search engines were ever provided. Bennett claimed any debt was a corporate responsibility not hers but court disagreed and imposed personal liability upon her. Some trebling of damages was done, and attorney fees were awarded. Judgment was approximately $95,000.