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GODFREY v. STATE

No. 43203.

84 Wn.2d 959 (1975)

530 P.2d 630

JOHN A. GODFREY et al., Petitioners, v. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 7, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Sullivan, for petitioner Godfrey.

Preston, Thorgrimson, Ellis, Holman & Fletcher, by J. Markham Marshall and Charles E. Peery, for petitioner Nash.

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and Roger A. Gerdes, Assistant, for respondent State.

Robert Ward Freedman, for respondent Berner.

Ken Earl, amicus curiae; Frank August Peters, Inc., P.S., amicus curiae, on behalf of Washington Trial Lawyers Association; Eugene H. Knapp, Jr., amicus curiae, on behalf of Washington Association of Defense Counsel.

STAFFORD, J.

Petitioner Godfrey moved for a summary judgment that RCW 4.22.010 and .0201 should be applied retroactively. We granted a writ of certiorari to review a pretrial order that the statute "applies prospectively only."

The facts of the automobile accident are not important to a resolution of the question. The sole issue is whether the trial court erred in holding that RCW 4.22...

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