ALEXANDER v. COUNTY OF WALLA WALLA

No. 14403-8-III.

929 P.2d 1182 (1997)

84 Wash.App. 687

Mary A. ALEXANDER, Appellant, v. The COUNTY of WALLA WALLA, City of Walla Walla, Deputy Gary Batt, Officer Lou Reed, Officer Steve Slawson, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Two.

January 23, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Gary Ponti, McAdams, Ponti & Junke, Walla Walla, for appellant.

George Fearing, Leavy, Schultz & Davis, Kennewick, Richard F. Monahan, Roach, Monahan & Lowry, Walla Walla, for respondents.


SCHULTHEIS, Acting Chief Judge.

After she drove her car into another vehicle, Mary Alexander sued the County and City of Walla Walla and three individual law enforcement officers, alleging the officers negligently failed to prevent her from driving while drunk. The court dismissed the complaint on summary judgment after finding Ms. Alexander did not fit within any exception to the public duty doctrine under the circumstances she alleged. She contends the court could...

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