Hearing set in deputy’s motion

A June 18 hearing has been scheduled for a motion involving insurance coverage on the sheriff’s car Deputy Jodene Hamiltion-Young was driving when she was seriously injured in an accident just north of the fairgrounds on the Endicott Road. In his motion for a summary judgment, Pullman attorney Robert Rembert asked the court to rule the county’s insurance includes coverage for injuries sustained in accidents involving uninsured motorists. The county’s policy is with Washington Rural Counties Insurance Pool.

Hamilton sustained serious injuries when the 2005 Crown Victoria patrol car she was driving collided with a car driven by Richard Lee-Waddell at the intersection of the Endicott Road and the fair cutoff road Sept. 26, 2011. The motion notes Lee-Waddell, LaCrosse, lacked insurance coverage. Hamilton’s injuries left her unable to remain on the sheriff’s staff, the motion notes.

Lee-Waddell also faces criminal charges which are now schedueld for Sept. 9.