HECKART v. YAKIMA

No. 6737-8-III.

42 Wn. App. 38 (1985)

708 P.2d 407

ANTHONY Z. HECKART, Appellant, v. THE CITY OF YAKIMA, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Three.

October 22, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick M. Andreotti and Flower & Andreotti, for appellant.

Robert L. Christie and Waitt, Johnson & Martens, for respondent.


PER CURIAM:

Anthony Heckart appeals the dismissal of his action against the City of Yakima, which he filed 3 years after his allegedly false arrest by a Yakima police officer. Both the Superior Court, and the Commissioner of this court on a motion on the merits, applied RCW 4.16.100(1), which establishes a 2-year limitation period for: "an action for libel, slander, assault, assault and battery, or false imprisonment." (Italics ours.) Mr. Heckart contends in...

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