doubletrouble
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My jurisdiction is: washington
As a defendant in a civil matter I lost at arbitration and scheduled a trial de novo. So the award was "sealed" by the court clerk. While awaiting the new trial, "someone" gave a prospective new witness a copy of the sealed award and this person admitted to obtaining it. This doesn't seem right to me. Trial is coming up soon and this individual has since changed from friendly to hostile. Anybody got an opinion on this. Thanks.
As a defendant in a civil matter I lost at arbitration and scheduled a trial de novo. So the award was "sealed" by the court clerk. While awaiting the new trial, "someone" gave a prospective new witness a copy of the sealed award and this person admitted to obtaining it. This doesn't seem right to me. Trial is coming up soon and this individual has since changed from friendly to hostile. Anybody got an opinion on this. Thanks.