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SILVERNAIL v. COUNTY OF PIERCE

No. 42066.

80 Wn.2d 173 (1972)

492 P.2d 1024

WILLIAM E. SILVERNAIL et al., Appellants, v. COUNTY OF PIERCE, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 14, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank August Peters, for appellants.

Ronald L. Hendry, Prosecuting Attorney, Arthur W. Verharen, Chief Civil Deputy, and Dean A. Floyd, Deputy, for respondents.

NEILL, J.

The sole issue raised by this appeal is whether interest accrues on tort judgments and attendant cost awards against counties.

Counties are political subdivisions of the state. Const. art. 11, §§ 1, 3. As such, like cities, counties historically derived protection against liability in tort from the state's sovereign immunity. See Kelso v. Tacoma, 63 Wn.2d 913, 390 P.2d 2

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