Samples

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CORNHUSKER CASUALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY, No. 06-35106 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. CV-05-05026-RBL

CHRIS KACHMAN, ORDER

Defendant,  CERTIFYING

QUESTION TO

and

THE

BROOKS SAMPLES, individually and WASHINGTON as Personal Representative of the STATE SUPREME Estate of Leanne Samples, COURT Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Ronald B. Leighton, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 19, 2007—Seattle, Washington

Filed January 30, 2008

Before: Ronald M. Gould and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges, and Lyle E. Strom,* District Judge.

*The Honorable Lyle E. Strom, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska, sitting by designation.

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COUNSEL

Kevin Coluccio, Garth L. Jones, Paul L. Stritmatter, Stritmat- ter Kessler Whelan Withey Coluccio,…