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OCHAMPAUGH v. SEATTLE

No. 45492.

91 Wn.2d 514 (1979)

588 P.2d 1351

BILLY J. OCHAMPAUGH, Individually and as Administrator, Appellant, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudolf V. Mueller and J. Robert Leach, for appellant.

John P. Harris, Corporation Counsel, and J. Roger Nowell, Assistant, for respondents.

ROSELLINI, J.

In this wrongful death action, the appellant seeks damages of approximately $2,000,000 allegedly sustained as a result of the drowning of his two sons in a pond situated upon the respondents' Skagit River Transmission Line Corridor, which extends 85 miles from power generating dams near Newhalem to the Seattle suburbs. The tragedy occurred in the summer of 1973. On December 9, 1974, a claim was filed by the appellant with the respondent City of Seattle...

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