HERTOG, EX REL., S.A.H. v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 66136-7.

979 P.2d 400 (1999)

138 Wash.2d 265

John HERTOG, guardian ad litem and on behalf of S.A.H., a minor, Respondent, v. CITY OF SEATTLE and King County, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided June 24, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harbaugh & Bloom, Gary N. Bloom, Debra Stephens, Daniel E. Huntington, Spokane, amicus curiae on behalf of Washington State Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Allen, Hansen & Maybrown, Todd Maybrown, Christine Lamson, Seattle, amicus curiae on behalf of Northwest Women's Law Center.

Gordon, Thomas & Honeywell, John R. Connelly, Jr., Tacoma, amicus curiae on behalf of Family and Friends of Violent Crime.

Marcia M. Nelson, Asst. City Atty., Norm Maleng, King County Pros., Charles C. Parker, Deputy, Seattle, for Petitioner.

Janet L. Rice, Seattle, for Respondent.


MADSEN, J.

In Taggart v. State, 118 Wn.2d 195, 822 P.2d 243 (1992), we held that a state parole officer has a duty to protect others from reasonably foreseeable danger resulting from the dangerous propensities of parolees. At issue in this case is whether a similar duty exists on the part of a city probation counselor and a county pretrial release...

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