ESTATE OF SHINAUL M. v. STATE DSHS

No. 42864-1-I.

980 P.2d 800 (1999)

The ESTATE OF SHINAUL M.; Patrice Haagen, as Personal Representative and Individually, Appellant, v. STATE of Washington DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL & HEALTH SERVICES; and Marcia Parsons, an individual, Respondents, Second Chance, a Washington corporation; New Directions, Inc., a Washington corporation; Ken McClam, an individual; Krista Feaster, an individual; Craig Bikfasy, an individual; Sherry Tucker Jackson, an individual; Margaret Carson, an individual; Ken Maaz, an individual; and John Henderson, an individual, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

July 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl A. Taylor Lopez, Seattle, for Appellant.

Janice Elizabeth Ellis, Everett, Susan Majorie Edison, Seattle, for Respondents.


KENNEDY, C.J.

A DSHS social worker recommended that Shinaul M., a 12-year-old developmentally disabled child, be placed at a group home for developmentally disabled children while he recovered from dental surgery. Shinaul's guardians placed him at the foster home, where he was put in restraints that caused his death. Shinaul's mother, individually and on behalf of Shinaul's Estate (collectively "the Estate"), filed a complaint...

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