BAXTER v. SAFEWAY STORES

No. 2252-1.

13 Wn. App. 229 (1975)

534 P.2d 585

JAMES BAXTER, Appellant, v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC., Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

April 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Gould and David S. White, for appellant.

Ogden, Ogden & Murphy, John D. Wallace, and Douglas E. Albright, for respondent.


SWANSON, J.

On February 5, 1972, Elsie Baxter slipped and fell, suffering serious injury, on the ice-covered surface of a parking lot maintained by Safeway Stores, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "Safeway"). Approximately 6 months later, on August 13, 1972, Mrs. Baxter committed suicide, dying of a drug overdose. James Baxter, husband and personal representative of the decedent, prosecuted this action seeking damages for wrongful death, alleging that Safeway's negligence...

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