SHEIKH v. CHOE

No. 76723-8.

128 P.3d 574 (2006)

Said Aba SHEIKH, Respondent/Cross-Appellant, v. Kevin S. CHOE and Kum S. Choe, d/b/a South Seattle Market, a sole proprietorship; Shell Oil Company, a foreign corporation; Height Point Mini Mart & Deli, a domestic nonprofit corporation; King County; Emma Daniels; Michael Gallow; Mychal Anderson; Pulefano Ativalu; and Miguel T. Pierre, Defendants, and State of Washington, Appellant/Cross-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided February 16, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A.O. Freimund, Attorney General's Office, Torts Div, Olympia, for Petitioner/Appellant.

Darrell L. Cochran, John Robert Connelly, Gordon Thomas Honeywell et al, Tacoma, Fred Diamondstone, Jay Herman Krulewitch, Law Offices of Fred Diamondstone, Seattle, for Appellee/Respondent.

Jayne Lyn Freeman, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae, Washington Defense Trial Lawyers.

Bryan Patrick Harnetiaux, Debra Leigh Williams Stephens, Spokane, for Amicus Curiae, Washington State Trial Lawyers Assoc. Foundation.


OWENS, J.

¶ 1 This case involves cross-appeals from a civil trial in which plaintiff Said Aba Sheikh obtained a judgment against the State of Washington for $10,364,372 in damages. Aba Sheikh's injuries were inflicted during an assault by four youths in March 1999. One of the four assailants, Mychal Anderson, had been placed in a dependency guardianship by the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). Another, Miguel Pierre, was a DSHS dependent who had...

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