November 2021 Bar Bulletin
By Catherine W. Smith
“Always Appealing” is a column addressing current issues in appellate practice and recent appellate cases written by the lawyers of Smith Goodfriend, PS, a Seattle law firm that limits its practice to civil appeals and related trial court motions practice.
Last month, this column dealt with the frightful topic of “zombie remands” — those cases that, after an appeal, never seem to die — when the party who lost on appeal tries to snatch “victory from the jaws of defeat” by resurrecting arguments that were unsuccessful (or untried) on appeal as a basis to...