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WA Rev Code § 7.72.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions|Chapter 7.72 - Product Liability Actions.|7.72.050 - Relevance of industry custom, technological feasibility, and nongovernmental, legislative or administrative regulatory standards.

RCW 7.72.050 Relevance of industry custom, technological feasibility, and nongovernmental, legislative or administrative regulatory standards.(1) Evidence of custom in the product seller's industry, technological feasibility or that the product was or was not, in compliance with nongovernmental standards or with legislative regulatory standards or administrative regulatory standards, whether relating to design, construction or performance of the product or to warnings or instructions as to its use may be considered by the trier of fact.(2) When the injury-causing aspect of the product was, at the time of manufacture, in compliance with a specific mandatory government contract specification relating to design or warnings, this compliance shall be an absolute defense. When the injury-causing aspect of the product was not, at the time of manufacture, in compliance with a specific mandatory government specification relating to design or warnings, the product shall be deemed not reasonably safe under RCW 7.72.030(1).[ 1981 c 27 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 7.72.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions|Chapter 7.72 - Product Liability Actions.|7.72.060 - Length of time product sellers are subject to liability.

RCW 7.72.060 Length of time product sellers are subject to liability.(1) Useful safe life. (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b) hereof, a product seller shall not be subject to liability to a claimant for harm under this chapter if the product seller proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the harm was caused after the product's "useful safe life" had expired."Useful safe life" begins at the time of delivery of the product and extends for the time during which the product would normally be likely to perform or be stored in a safe manner. For the purposes of this chapter, "time of delivery" means the time of delivery of a product to its first purchaser or lessee who was not engaged in the business of either selling such products or using them as component parts of another product to be sold. In the case of a product which has been remanufactured by a manufacturer, "time of delivery" means the time of delivery of the remanufactured product to its first purchaser or lessee who was not engaged in the business of either selling such products or using them as component parts of another product to be sold.(b) A product seller may be subject to liability for harm caused by a product used beyond its useful safe life, if:(i) The product seller has warranted that the product may be utilized safely for such longer period; or(ii) The product seller intentionally misrepresents facts about its product, or intentionally conceals information about it, and that conduct was a proximate cause of the claimant's harm; or(iii) The harm was caused by exposure to a defective product, which exposure first occurred within the useful safe life of the product, even though the harm did not manifest itself until after the useful safe life had expired.(2) Presumption regarding useful safe life. If the harm was caused more than twelve years after the time of delivery, a presumption arises that the harm was caused after the useful safe life had expired. This presumption may only be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence.(3) Statute of limitation. Subject to the applicable provisions of chapter 4.16 RCW pertaining to the tolling and extension of any statute of limitation, no claim under this chapter may be brought more than three years from the time the claimant discovered or in the exercise of due diligence should have discovered the harm and its cause.[ 1981 c 27 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 7.72.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions|Chapter 7.72 - Product Liability Actions.|7.72.070 - Food and beverage consumption.

RCW 7.72.070 Food and beverage consumption.(1) Any manufacturer, packer, distributor, carrier, holder, marketer, or seller of a food or nonalcoholic beverage intended for human consumption, or an association of one or more such entities, shall not be subject to civil liability in an action brought by a private party based on an individual's purchase or consumption of food or nonalcoholic beverages in cases where liability is premised upon the individual's weight gain, obesity, or a health condition associated with the individual's weight gain or obesity and resulting from the individual's long-term purchase or consumption of a food or nonalcoholic beverage.(2) For the purposes of this section, the term "long-term consumption" means the cumulative effect of the consumption of food or nonalcoholic beverages, and not the effect of a single instance of consumption.[ 2004 c 139 § 1.]NOTES:Short title—2004 c 139: "This act may be cited as the commonsense consumption act." [ 2004 c 139 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 7.75.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions|Chapter 7.75 - Dispute Resolution Centers.|7.75.010 - Legislative findings and intent.

RCW 7.75.010 Legislative findings and intent.(1) The legislature finds and declares that:(a) The resolution of many disputes can be costly and complex in a judicial setting where the parties involved are necessarily in an adversary posture and subject to formalized procedures; and(b) Alternative dispute resolution centers can meet the needs of Washington's citizens by providing forums in which persons may voluntarily participate in the resolution of disputes in an informal and less adversarial atmosphere.(2) It is the intent of the legislature that programs established pursuant to this chapter:(a) Stimulate the establishment and use of dispute resolution centers to help meet the need for alternatives to the courts for the resolution of certain disputes.(b) Encourage continuing community participation in the development, administration, and oversight of local programs designed to facilitate the informal resolution of disputes between and among members of the community.(c) Offer structures for dispute resolution which may serve as models for resolution centers in other communities.(d) Serve a specific community or locale and resolve disputes that arise within that community or locale.(e) Educate the community on ways of using the services of the neighborhood dispute resolution center directly and in a preventive capacity.[ 1984 c 258 § 501.]NOTES:Court Improvement Act of 1984—Effective dates—Severability—Short title—1984 c 258: See notes following RCW 3.30.010.
WA Rev Code § 7.75.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions|Chapter 7.75 - Dispute Resolution Centers.|7.75.020 - Dispute resolution center—Creation—Plan—Approval by county or municipality.

RCW 7.75.020 Dispute resolution center—Creation—Plan—Approval by county or municipality.(1) A dispute resolution center may be created and operated by a municipality, county, or by a corporation organized exclusively for the resolution of disputes or for charitable or educational purposes. The corporation shall not be organized for profit, and no part of the net earnings may inure to the benefit of any private shareholders or individuals. The majority of the directors of such a corporation shall not consist of members of any single profession.(2) A dispute resolution center may not begin operation under this chapter until a plan for establishing a center for the mediation and settlement of disputes has been approved by the legislative authority of the municipality or county creating the center or, in the case of a center operated by a nonprofit corporation, by the legislative authority of the municipality or county within which the center will be located. A plan for a dispute resolution center shall not be approved and the center shall not begin operation until the legislative authority finds that the plan adequately prescribes:(a) Procedures for filing requests for dispute resolution services with the center and for scheduling mediation sessions participated in by the parties to the dispute;(b) Procedures to ensure that each dispute mediated by the center meets the criteria for appropriateness for mediation set by the legislative authority and for rejecting disputes which do not meet the criteria;(c) Procedures for giving notice of the time, place, and nature of the mediation session to the parties, and for conducting mediation sessions that comply with the provisions of this chapter;(d) Procedures which ensure that participation by all parties is voluntary;(e) Procedures for obtaining referrals from public and private bodies;(f) Procedures for meeting the particular needs of the participants, including, but not limited to, providing services at times convenient to the participants, in sign language, and in languages other than English;(g) Procedures for providing trained and certified mediators who, during the dispute resolution process, shall make no decisions or determinations of the issues involved, but who shall facilitate negotiations by the participants themselves to achieve a voluntary resolution of the issues; and(h) Procedures for informing and educating the community about the dispute resolution center and encouraging the use of the center's services in appropriate cases.[ 1997 c 41 § 4; 1984 c 258 § 502.]NOTES:Court Improvement Act of 1984—Effective dates—Severability—Short title—1984 c 258: See notes following RCW 3.30.010.
WA Rev Code § 7.75.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions|Chapter 7.75 - Dispute Resolution Centers.|7.75.030 - Services to be provided without charge or for fee based on ability to pay.

RCW 7.75.030 Services to be provided without charge or for fee based on ability to pay.A dispute resolution center established under this chapter shall provide dispute resolution services either without charge to the participants or for a fee which is based on the participant's ability to pay.[ 1984 c 258 § 503.]NOTES:Court Improvement Act of 1984—Effective dates—Severability—Short title—1984 c 258: See notes following RCW 3.30.010.
WA Rev Code § 7.75.035 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions|Chapter 7.75 - Dispute Resolution Centers.|7.75.035 - Surcharge by county legislative authority.

RCW 7.75.035 Surcharge by county legislative authority.(1) A county legislative authority may impose a surcharge of up to ten dollars on each civil filing fee in district court and a surcharge of up to fifteen dollars on each filing fee for small claims actions for the purpose of funding dispute resolution centers established under this chapter.(2) Any surcharge imposed shall be collected by the clerk of the court and remitted to the county treasurer for deposit in a separate account to be used solely for dispute resolution centers established under this chapter. Money received under this section is not subject to RCW 3.62.020(2) or 3.62.090. The accounts created pursuant to this subsection shall be audited by the state auditor in accordance with RCW 43.09.260.[ 1990 c 172 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—1990 c 172: "This act shall take effect July 1, 1990." [ 1990 c 172 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 7.75.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions|Chapter 7.75 - Dispute Resolution Centers.|7.75.040 - Dispute resolution agreement required—When admissible as evidence.

RCW 7.75.040 Dispute resolution agreement required—When admissible as evidence.(1) In conducting a dispute resolution process, a center established under this chapter shall require:(a) That the disputing parties enter into a written agreement which expresses the method by which they shall attempt to resolve the issues in dispute; and(b) That at the conclusion of the dispute resolution process, the parties enter into a written agreement which sets forth the settlement of the issues and the future responsibilities, if any, of each party.(2) A written agreement entered into with the assistance of a center at the conclusion of the written dispute resolution process is admissible as evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding.[ 1984 c 258 § 504.]NOTES:Court Improvement Act of 1984—Effective dates—Severability—Short title—1984 c 258: See notes following RCW 3.30.010.
WA Rev Code § 7.75.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions|Chapter 7.75 - Dispute Resolution Centers.|7.75.050 - Confidentiality of centers' files, etc.—Exception—Privileged communications.

RCW 7.75.050 Confidentiality of centers' files, etc.—Exception—Privileged communications.Regardless of any provision to the contrary in *chapter 42.17 RCW, all memoranda, work notes or products, or case files of centers established under this chapter are confidential and privileged and are not subject to disclosure in any judicial or administrative proceeding unless the court or administrative tribunal determines that the materials were submitted by a participant to the center for the purpose of avoiding discovery of the material in a subsequent proceeding. In all other respects, chapter 7.07 RCW, shall govern the privilege and confidentiality to be accorded to communications made in conjunction with a mediation conducted by a dispute resolution center established under this chapter.[ 2005 c 172 § 16; 1984 c 258 § 505.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: Provisions in chapter 42.17 RCW relating to public disclosure were recodified in chapter 42.56 RCW by 2005 c 274.Short title—Effective date—2005 c 172: See RCW 7.07.900 and 7.07.904.Court Improvement Act of 1984—Effective dates—Severability—Short title—1984 c 258: See notes following RCW 3.30.010.
WA Rev Code § 7.75.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions|Chapter 7.75 - Dispute Resolution Centers.|7.75.060 - Withdrawal from dispute resolution process.

RCW 7.75.060 Withdrawal from dispute resolution process.Any person who voluntarily enters a dispute resolution process at a center established under this chapter may revoke his or her consent, withdraw from dispute resolution, and seek judicial or administrative redress prior to reaching a written resolution agreement. The withdrawal shall be in writing. No legal penalty, sanction, or restraint may be imposed upon the person.[ 1984 c 258 § 506.]NOTES:Court Improvement Act of 1984—Effective dates—Severability—Short title—1984 c 258: See notes following RCW 3.30.010.
WA Rev Code § 7.75.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions|Chapter 7.75 - Dispute Resolution Centers.|7.75.070 - Center may seek and expend funds.

RCW 7.75.070 Center may seek and expend funds.A dispute resolution center established under this chapter may seek and accept contributions from counties and municipalities, agencies of the state and federal governments, private sources, and any other available funds, and may expend the funds to carry out the purposes of this chapter.[ 1984 c 258 § 507.]NOTES:Court Improvement Act of 1984—Effective dates—Severability—Short title—1984 c 258: See notes following RCW 3.30.010.
WA Rev Code § 7.75.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions|Chapter 7.75 - Dispute Resolution Centers.|7.75.080 - Statutes of limitations tolled until dispute resolution process concluded.

RCW 7.75.080 Statutes of limitations tolled until dispute resolution process concluded.Any applicable statute of limitations shall be tolled as to participants in dispute resolution at a center established under this chapter during the period which begins with the date of the participants' execution of the written agreement required by RCW 7.75.040(1)(a) and ends on the date that a written agreement at the conclusion of the dispute resolution process is executed under RCW 7.75.040(1)(b) or a participant's written notice of withdrawal from the dispute resolution process is executed under RCW 7.75.060.[ 1984 c 258 § 508.]NOTES:Court Improvement Act of 1984—Effective dates—Severability—Short title—1984 c 258: See notes following RCW 3.30.010.
WA Rev Code § 7.75.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions|Chapter 7.75 - Dispute Resolution Centers.|7.75.090 - Application of chapter.

RCW 7.75.090 Application of chapter.Nothing in this chapter precludes any person or persons not operating under RCW 7.75.020 from providing dispute resolution services. However, the provisions of RCW 7.75.050, relating to confidentiality, and RCW 7.75.080, relating to statutes of limitation, apply only to proceedings conducted by a dispute resolution center established under this chapter.[ 1984 c 258 § 509.]NOTES:Court Improvement Act of 1984—Effective dates—Severability—Short title—1984 c 258: See notes following RCW 3.30.010.
WA Rev Code § 7.75.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions|Chapter 7.75 - Dispute Resolution Centers.|7.75.100 - Immunity from civil action.

RCW 7.75.100 Immunity from civil action.(1) Members of the board of directors of a dispute resolution center are immune from suit in any civil action based upon any proceedings or other official acts performed in good faith as members of the board.(2) Employees and volunteers of a dispute resolution center are immune from suit in any civil action based on any proceedings or other official acts performed in their capacity as employees or volunteers, except in cases of wilful or wanton misconduct.(3) A dispute resolution center is immune from suit in any civil action based on any of its proceedings or other official acts performed by its employees, volunteers, or members or its board of directors, except (a) in cases of wilful or wanton misconduct by its employees or volunteers, and (b) in cases of official acts performed in bad faith by members of its board.[ 1986 c 95 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 7.77.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions|Chapter 7.77 - Uniform Collaborative Law Act.|7.77.020 - Applicability.

RCW 7.77.020 Applicability.(1) This chapter applies to a collaborative law participation agreement that meets the requirements of RCW 7.77.030 signed on or after July 28, 2013.(2) The use of collaborative law applies only to matters that would be resolved in civil court and may not be used to resolve matters in criminal cases.[ 2013 c 119 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 7.77.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions|Chapter 7.77 - Uniform Collaborative Law Act.|7.77.030 - Collaborative law participation agreement—Requirements.

RCW 7.77.030 Collaborative law participation agreement—Requirements.(1) A collaborative law participation agreement must:(a) Be in a record;(b) Be signed by the parties;(c) State the parties' intention to resolve a collaborative matter through a collaborative law process under this chapter;(d) Describe the nature and scope of the matter;(e) Identify the collaborative lawyer who represents each party in the process; and(f) Contain a statement by each collaborative lawyer confirming the lawyer's representation of a party in the collaborative law process.(2) Parties may agree to include in a collaborative law participation agreement additional provisions not inconsistent with this chapter.[ 2013 c 119 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 7.77.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions|Chapter 7.77 - Uniform Collaborative Law Act.|7.77.040 - Beginning and concluding collaborative law process.

RCW 7.77.040 Beginning and concluding collaborative law process.(1) A collaborative law process begins when the parties sign a collaborative law participation agreement.(2) A tribunal may not order a party to participate in a collaborative law process over that party's objection.(3) A collaborative law process is concluded by a:(a) Resolution of a collaborative matter as evidenced by a signed record;(b) Resolution of a part of the collaborative matter, evidenced by a signed record, in which the parties agree that the remaining parts of the matter will not be resolved in the process; or(c) Termination of the process.(4) A collaborative law process terminates:(a) When a party gives notice to other parties in a record that the process is ended; or(b) When a party:(i) Begins a proceeding related to a collaborative matter without the agreement of all parties; or(ii) In a pending proceeding related to the matter:(A) Initiates a pleading, motion, order to show cause, or request for a conference with the tribunal without the agreement of all parties as to the relief sought;(B) Requests that the proceeding be put on the tribunal's active calendar; or(C) Takes similar contested action requiring notice to be sent to the parties; or(c) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (7) of this section, when a party discharges a collaborative lawyer or a collaborative lawyer withdraws from further representation of a party.(5) A party's collaborative lawyer shall give prompt notice to all other parties in a record of a discharge or withdrawal.(6) A party may terminate a collaborative law process with or without cause.(7) Notwithstanding the discharge or withdrawal of a collaborative lawyer, a collaborative law process continues, if not later than thirty days after the date that the notice of the discharge or withdrawal of a collaborative lawyer required by subsection (5) of this section is sent to the parties:(a) The unrepresented party engages a successor collaborative lawyer; and(b) In a signed record:(i) The parties consent to continue the process by reaffirming the collaborative law participation agreement;(ii) The agreement is amended to identify the successor collaborative lawyer; and(iii) The successor collaborative lawyer confirms the lawyer's representation of a party in the collaborative law process.(8) A collaborative law process does not conclude if, with the consent of the parties, a party requests a tribunal to approve a resolution of the collaborative matter or any part thereof as evidenced by a signed record.(9) A collaborative law participation agreement may provide additional methods of concluding a collaborative law process.[ 2013 c 119 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 7.77.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions|Chapter 7.77 - Uniform Collaborative Law Act.|7.77.050 - Proceedings pending before tribunal—Status report.

RCW 7.77.050 Proceedings pending before tribunal—Status report.(1) Persons in a proceeding pending before a tribunal may sign a collaborative law participation agreement to seek to resolve a collaborative matter related to the proceeding. Parties shall file promptly with the tribunal a notice of the agreement after it is signed. Subject to subsection (3) of this section and RCW 7.77.060 and 7.77.070, the filing operates as an application for a stay of the proceeding.(2) The parties shall file promptly with the tribunal notice in a record when a collaborative law process concludes. The stay of the proceeding under subsection (1) of this section is lifted when the notice is filed. The notice may not specify any reason for termination of the process.(3) A tribunal in which a proceeding is stayed under subsection (1) of this section may require the parties and collaborative lawyers to provide a status report on the collaborative law process and the proceeding. A status report may include only information on whether the process is ongoing or concluded. It may not include a report, assessment, evaluation, recommendation, finding, or other communication regarding a collaborative law process or collaborative matter.(4) A tribunal may not consider a communication made in violation of subsection (3) of this section.(5) A tribunal shall provide parties notice and an opportunity to be heard before dismissing a proceeding in which a notice of collaborative law process is filed based on delay or failure to prosecute.[ 2013 c 119 § 6.]