NORTHINGTON v. SIVO

No. 45392-1-I.

8 P.3d 1067 (2000)

Pamela L. NORTHINGTON, Appellant, v. Philip A. SIVO and Jane Doe Sivo, husband and wife; Defendants, and Anthony V. Gasho and Jane Doe Gasho, husband and wife; and Leonard Hornbeck and Jane Doe Hornbeck, husband and wife; and Leonard E. Hornbeck d/b/a Hornbeck Trucking, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

September 11, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Buri, Brett & Daugert, PLLC., Bellingham, for Appellant.

Jerret E. Sale, Troy Greenfield, Seattle, Bullivant, Houser, Bailey, Seattle, for Respondents.


AGID, C.J.

Pamela Northington was seriously injured while riding in a car driven by her friend, Phil Sivo, that collided with a logging truck driven by Anthony Gasho. Northington filed a negligence suit against both drivers, but eventually settled with Sivo. In the subsequent trial against Gasho, the court allowed Gasho to question Northington on her settlement with Sivo to demonstrate Northington's potential bias in favor of Sivo and against Gasho. The jury found...

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