STEWART v. STATE

No. 45461.

92 Wn.2d 285 (1979)

597 P.2d 101

DOROTHY STEWART, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ET AL, Respondents. RALPH OVERTON, ET AL, Respondents, v. DOROTHY STEWART, ET AL, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

As amended by Order September 18, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Beecher and Richard W. Olsen (of Hackett, Beecher, Hart, Branom & Vavrichek), for appellants.

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

Davies, Pearson, Anderson, Seinfeld, Gadbow, Hayes & Johnson, P.S., by Edward S. Winskill, for respondents Overton.


[As amended by order of the Supreme Court September 18, 1979.]

BRACHTENBACH, J.

What began as a December holiday weekend for Floyd and Dorothy Stewart, husband and wife, ended in the death of Floyd Stewart and severe injuries to Dorothy Stewart including the loss of her right leg in a multi-car accident. The Stewarts left their Oregon home to visit relatives in northwest Washington. They traveled north on Interstate Highway No. 5 reaching the vicinity of Everett...

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