ZIMMER v. SEATTLE

No. 5479-1.

19 Wn. App. 864 (1978)

578 P.2d 548

MATHILDA E. ZIMMER, Appellant, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, ET AL, Respondents.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

April 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Greenfield, for appellant.

Douglas N. Jewett, City Attorney, Elizabeth A. Huneke, Assistant, Stafford, Frey & Mertel, and Thomas D. Frey, for respondents.


JAMES, J.

The single issue presented by this appeal is whether the requisite elements for a class action are present. The trial judge concluded that they were not. We do not agree.

There is no factual dispute. Plaintiff, Mathilda E. Zimmer, is the mother of a minor daughter, Marian, who was on two occasions taken into custody by Seattle police and eventually released to the custody of her parents. On both occasions, the officer first determined that Marian...

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