ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. RAYNOR

No. 68141-4.

21 P.3d 707 (2001)

143 Wash.2d 469

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent, v. Martin E. RAYNOR, individually, as personal representative of the Estate of Cheryl Raynor, and as the guardian ad litem of Kathryn Raynor, a minor; David Johnson, individually and as the personal representative of the estate of Candy Johnson, Petitioners, Margie E. King, individually; John Doe, as the personal representative of the Estate of Milton R. King; City of Longview, a municipal corporation; County of Cowlitz, a political subdivision of Washington State; Casey Tilton and Jane Doe Tilton, husband and wife, and their marital community; and Tom Homad and Jane Doe Homad, husband and wife, and their marital community, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided April 19, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael McKinstry, Keith Kemper, Thomas Geisness, Robert Clough, Seattle for Petitioners.

R. Daniel Lindahl, Portland, for Respondent.


BRIDGE, J.

Upset over rabbits and rabbit droppings in the property next to his, 72-year-old Milton King fatally shot his neighbor Candy Johnson and her 12-year-old daughter Cheryl Raynor, then immediately committed suicide. Representatives for Candy's surviving 11-year-old daughter Kathryn Raynor and for the estates and family of Candy and Cheryl sought wrongful death compensation from, inter alia, Milton's estate and his...

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