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HAUBER v. YAKIMA COUNTY

No. 71618-8.

56 P.3d 559 (2002)

Traci HAUBER, individually, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Rusty Hauber, and as Guardian of Tyson Scott Hauber and Tori Lee Hauber, minor children, Petitioner, v. YAKIMA COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Washington, Respondent, and Roza Irrigation District, a Washington corporation, and John Does 1 through 10, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided October 31, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duncan Turner, Donald Mullins, Seattle, for Petitioner.

Alfred G. Schweppe, James S. Berg, PLLC, James Berg, Yakima, for Respondent.

CHAMBERS, J.

A total of six underwater divers were involved in a tragedy; four died. Two divers employed by the Roza Irrigation District drowned while attempting to clear abandoned auto debris from a half mile long underground siphon. Two rescue divers responded after the first two divers failed to surface. The two rescue divers also failed to return to the surface, and two more divers recovered the rescue divers. We are asked to determine if Yakima County has statutory...

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