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MERCER v. STATE

No. 8680-8-II.

48 Wn. App. 496 (1987)

739 P.2d 703

BETTY BROOKSHIRE MERCER, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

May 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phelps R. Gose and Gose & Clement, P.S., for appellant.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Don G. Daniel, Assistant, for respondent.

HOWARD, J.*

Betty Brookshire Mercer appeals from a dismissal of a wrongful death action for failure to comply with the nonclaim statute, former RCW 4.92.110. We affirm.

FACTS

The facts of this case are undisputed. Michael Brookshire, an inmate at Walla Walla State Penitentiary, was strangled by another inmate and died on September 9, 1975. On March 26, 1976, the personal representative and mother of the decedent, Betty...

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