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LAU v. NELSON

No. 46074.

92 Wn.2d 823 (1979)

601 P.2d 527

LELAN M. LAU, as Administrator, Appellant, v. RAY NELSON, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

October 18, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Young, Cole & Gathe, Inc., P.S., by Richard T. Cole and Nelvin Bettis, for appellant.

Merrick, Hofstedt & Lindsey, by H.J. Merrick and Sidney R. Snyder, Jr., for respondents Nelson.

Wayne Murray (of Murray, Dunham & Waitt), for respondents Magnochi.

ROSELLINI, J.

This is a wrongful death action brought against the driver of an automobile in which the deceased was a passenger, and against the alleged owner of the vehicle. The accident occurred before the repeal of the state's host-guest statute (Laws of 1974, 1st Ex. Sess., ch. 3, p. 2; former RCW 46.08.080) but had not gone to trial before the effective date of that repeal. On the day scheduled for trial, the plaintiff sought a declaration and order that the...

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