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LEDESMA v. A.F. MURCH CO.

No. 44006.

87 Wn.2d 203 (1976)

550 P.2d 506

MANUEL D. LEDESMA, ET AL, Appellants, v. A.F. MURCH COMPANY, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 3, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Critchlow, Williams, Ryals & Schuster, by Edward B. Critchlow and Richard M. Knoeber, for appellants.

William H. Mays and Joel E. Smith (of Gavin, Robinson, Kendrick, Redman & Mays), for respondent.

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and David W. Robinson, Assistant, amici curiae.

BRACHTENBACH, J.

This appeal involves a claim for damages under the "child death" statute, RCW 4.24.010,1 by the nondependent parents of a minor workman fatally injured during the course of his employment. Michael Ledesma, a 17-year-old high school student, was killed when a forklift he was operating overturned and crushed him. Plaintiffs, parents of the deceased, brought suit against the decedent...

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