CURTIS v. BLACKLAW

No. 37614.

66 Wn.2d 484 (1965)

403 P.2d 358

VIVIAN MAE CURTIS, as Administratrix, Respondent, v. RICHARD M. BLACKLAW, et al., Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

June 17, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Minnick & Hahner, for appellants.

Critchlow, Williams & Ryals, by David E. Williams, for respondent.


HALE, J.

Most accidents are caused; a few simply happen. We can never know for sure which kind took the life of Vernon Curtis. We do know that when he left his wife, Vivian, and his 14-year-old son, George, that morning of March 20, 1963, to report on the job as leadman for a highway maintenance crew, neither had the slightest reason to doubt that he would return home that night. He died not from the hazards of his work or...

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