DALTON v. STATE

No. 19517-1-III.

63 P.3d 847 (2003)

115 Wash.App. 703

Casey DALTON, Individually, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Dirk Devlin Dalton, Deceased; and James J. Hines, individually, Appellants, v. STATE of Washington, a governmental entity; Jean Soliz, Secretary of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services; Merrildine Ely, an employee of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services; Lydia Angle, an employee of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services; Connie Murphy Dillard, an employee of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services; Sheila Weber, an employee of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services; Carylon Williams, an employee of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services; Jeanne Wessel, an employee of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services; Suzanne Smith, an employee of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services; Tri-State Memorial Hospital, Inc., a Washington Corporation; Lewis-Clark Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program, Inc. d/b/a Lewis-Clark Head Start Early Childhood Program, an Idaho Corporation, Defendants, Craig Ambroson, M.D., a physician; Cindy Rae Norman, M.D., a physician; Spectrum Emergency Care, Inc., a Missouri Corporation; and Kimberly Grijalva Cross Berry, a former licensed foster mother, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Six.

February 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ron Perey, Carla Tachau Lawrence, Law Office of Ron Perey, Seattle, James W. Grow, Jr., Lewiston, ID, for Appellants.

Marc A. Lyons, Ramsden & Lyons, Coeur d'Alene, ID, Christopher H. Howard, Kelly D. Cadigan-McGee, Holland, Knight LLP, Seattle.

Kimberley Cross Berry, Pro Se, for Respondents.


SCHULTHEIS, J.

In 1994, four-year-old Dirk Dalton was brutally beaten and killed by the foster father with whom he was temporarily residing while his mother was in a drug rehabilitation program. In the week prior to his death, Dirk's foster parents had brought him first to the office of pediatrician Dr. Craig Ambroson, and then, on three subsequent occasions, to the emergency room of Tri-State Memorial Hospital where he was...

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