ROBERTS v. JOHNSON

No. 45396.

91 Wn.2d 182 (1978)

588 P.2d 201

DEBBRA M. ROBERTS, Appellant, v. RANDALL W. JOHNSON, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald L. Mikesell and Douglas A. Wilson (of Wilson & Mikesell), for appellant.

Nashem, Prediletto, Schussler & Halpin, Norman R. Nashem, Jr., and Thomas A. Prediletto, for respondent.

Daniel F. Sullivan and Kerry D. Kidman on behalf of Washington State Trial Lawyers Association and Jeffrey L. Carey on behalf of Washington Association of Defense Counsel, amici curiae.


ROSELLINI, J.

By Laws of 1974, 1st Ex. Sess., ch. 3, p. 2, the legislature repealed RCW 46.08.080 (the host-guest statute), thereby reinstating the common-law rule as it existed in this state prior to the enactment of the first host-guest statute in 1933 (Laws of 1933, ch. 18, p. 145). Lau v. Nelson, 89 Wn.2d 772, 575 P.2d 719 (1978). That rule required...

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