VANDERPOOL v. GRANGE INSURANCE ASS'N

No. 52366-5.

110 Wn.2d 483 (1988)

756 P.2d 111

JAY D. VANDERPOOL, ET AL, Petitioners, v. GRANGE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy, Kane & Richardson, P.S., by Scott M. Kane, for petitioners.

Murray, Dunham & Murray, by Wayne Murray, for respondents.


PEARSON, C.J.

This case involves an action by an injured party seeking to sue an employee after releasing the vicariously liable employer from liability. We reverse the Court of Appeals and hold that release of an employer from vicarious liability does not, by operation of law, release the primarily liable employee.

On February 9, 1982, defendant Gerald Curtis, an employee of defendant Richard Goodman (Goodman), d/b/a Dick's Exhaust, backed a car into the...

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