HANSEN v. FRIEND

No. 57658-1.

118 Wn.2d 476 (1992)

824 P.2d 483

JUDITH HANSEN, Individually and as Personal Representative, Petitioner, v. ROBERT ANTHONY FRIEND, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

February 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Wolf, Sim Osborn, and Kargianis, Austin & Osborn, for petitioner.

Harold B. Field, Ronald L. Unger, and Murray, Dunham & Murray, for respondent Friend.

William Robert Hickman, Pamela A. Okano, Marilee C. Erickson, and Reed McClure, for respondent Petty.


JOHNSON, J.

Fifteen-year-old Keith Hansen drowned in an alcohol-related incident. The petitioner, Hansen's mother, seeks review of the Court of Appeals opinion affirming the trial court's summary judgment dismissal of her wrongful death suit. In her suit, she alleges the respondents, two adult social hosts, negligently furnished liquor to her minor son, causing his intoxication and death. The Court of Appeals held that social hosts could not be held liable as a matter...

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