MEREDITH v. HANSON

No. 11362-3-I.

40 Wn. App. 170 (1985)

697 P.2d 602

HARRIET J. MEREDITH, Individually and as Guardian ad Litem, ET AL, Appellants, v. GLENNA M. HANSON, ET AL, Respondents.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

April 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shafer, Moen, Millard & Aebig and Lawrence L. Shafer, for appellants.

Murray, Dunham & Waitt and Wayne Murray, Jr., for respondents.


RINGOLD, J.

Ronald and Donald Meredith sued Glenna Hanson seeking damages for emotional distress caused by witnessing Hanson's car strike and kill their stepfather. The brothers appeal the verdict in their favor for $2,600 each. They argue it was error to subtract 50 percent from the verdict because of their stepfather's contributory negligence, and that evidence of their stepfather's criminal history was improperly admitted...

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