Washington Panel Affirms Discovery Sanctions, Other Issues In Water Pipe Case

( February 9, 2026, 8:19 AM EST) -- SEATTLE — Ruling against the appellants on every issue raised in the challenge including monetary and other sanctions for discovery violations in a civil suit over faulty water pipes, the Division I Washington Court of Appeals said in part that no authority was cited for the proposition “that due process required the” court that presided over a jury trial “to notify counsel that it was considering personal sanctions.”...