BENDER v. SEATTLE

No. 47439-7.

99 Wn.2d 582 (1983)

664 P.2d 492

STANLEY BENDER, Respondent, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stafford, Frey & Mertel, by Thomas D. Frey and A. Richard Dykstra, for petitioner.

Levinson, Friedman, Vhugen, Duggan, Bland & Horowitz, by Donald J. Horowitz and C. Steven Fury, for respondent.


WILLIAMS, C.J.

Respondent Stanley Bender, a Seattle jeweler, instituted this action for damages alleging he had been subjected to false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, libel and slander by employees of the petitioner City of Seattle (City). This action arose after criminal charges against the respondent for two counts of grand larceny by possession were dismissed because the key prosecution witness refused to testify. The cause was submitted to...

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