SCHNEIDER v. YAKIMA COUNTY

No. 36913.

65 Wn.2d 352 (1964)

397 P.2d 411

FERDINAND C. SCHNEIDER et al., Respondents, v. YAKIMA COUNTY, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 10, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lincoln E. Shropshire and Fred L. Stewart, for appellant.

Tonkoff, Holst & Hopp, by William B. Holst, Nashem & Prediletto, by Norman R. Nashem, Jr., and George H. Mullins, for respondents.


HILL, J.

An automobile, leaving a county road on a curve at the top of a steep declivity, went out into space and hurtled downward 83 feet to its first landing, and then continued downward to an ultimate landing 120 feet below the road. One occupant of the car was killed, and others were seriously injured.

The occupants were five boys, 16 or 17 years of age. The father of the boy who was killed brought a wrongful death action. Individual actions on behalf...

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