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CHRISTEN v. LEE

Nos. 55355-6, 55367-0.

113 Wn.2d 479 (1989)

780 P.2d 1307

ROBERT STEVE CHRISTEN, Respondent, v. VICTOR K. LEE, ET AL, Petitioners. MATT LONG, ET AL, Petitioners, v. STEVEN KENNETH COATES, Petitioner, JOHN DOE BARD, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

October 26, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hackett, Beecher & Hart, by James Beecher and Theodore H. Millan, and Betts, Patterson & Mines, P.S., by William P. Fite and Richard S. Lowell, for petitioners Lee, et al.

Edward F. Shea and Shea & Kuffel, for petitioners Long.

Horton, Wilkins & Faurholt, by William J. Connor, for petitioner Coates.

Burns, Schneiderman & Finkle, P.S., by Warren L. Dewar, Jr., for respondent Christen.

Raekes, Rettig, Osborne, Forgette & O'Donnell, by Brian J. Iller, for respondents R.F. McDougall's, Inc., et al.

ANDERSEN, J.

FACTS OF CASES

These two consolidated cases concern the liability of a public drinking establishment for a criminal assault committed by one of its patrons. In neither case is the liability of the party who consumed the alcohol and committed the assault in issue.

CHRISTEN v. LEE

Robert S. Christen arrived at the bar of the South China Doll Restaurant (China Doll) close to midnight in the evening of October 26, 1984....

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