CORDALL v. STATE EX REL. DVA AND SHS

No. 23171-9-II.

980 P.2d 253 (1999)

96 Wash.App. 415

Stephanie CORDALL as guardian for Douglas Graham, Jean Mattson, Herbert Wilbur, Charles Slagil, Judy Pacquette, Bill Shepard, Frank Green, Clinton D. Myer, Wilbur Whitlow, Peter Oko, Charles Benoit, Koula Davis and Herbert L. Coryell; and as the personal representative for the estates of Antonio Chicketti, Charles Kelly, Mable Shumway, Richard C. Cole, Richard Patterson, Helga Knutson and Cloyd Henkle; Connie Myers as the guardian for Raymond Clinton, Robert Middleton, and William Merriam; and as the personal representative for the Estate of Mortimer Hulse; Mary Campbell Stocks as the guardian for L.C. Woods; and other individuals similarly situated, Appellants, v. The STATE of Washington acting through its DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND SOCIAL & HEALTH SERVICES, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

July 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Spillane, Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, Seattle, for Appellants.

Ann MacMurray Attorney General's Office, Adrianne Smith, Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, for Respondents.


HUNT, J.

Plaintiffs Stephanie Cordall, et al, appeal the trial court's summary judgment dismissal of their class action lawsuit, in which they claimed that the State wrongfully retained certain portions of veterans' disability pensions. Holding that the State was entitled to collect unusual medical expenses and "aid and attendance" for which plaintiffs had been reimbursed, we affirm.

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