ARMANTROUT v. CARLSON

No. 58831-1-I.

170 P.3d 1218 (2007)

Josie ARMANTROUT, personal representative of the estate of Kristen Armantrout; Josie Armantrout and Warren Armantrout, husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof, Respondents, v. Robert CARLSON, M.D. and Jane Doe Carlson, husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof; and Cascade Orthopaedics, a partnership; and/or John Does 1-100, partners therein, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

November 13, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Frederick Fitzer, Melanie T. Stella, Burgess Fitzer PS, Tacoma, WA, for Respondents.

Simeon Osborn, Osborn Machler, Seattle, WA, for Appellants.


COX, J.

¶ 1 At issue is whether services by an adult child to a parent are properly considered in determining whether that parent is "dependent . . . for support" for purposes of that parent qualifying as a beneficiary under the wrongful death statute. Because the provision of services in this case is not financial dependence under the statute and case law, we reverse.

¶ 2 Eighteen-year-old Kristen Armantrout died from a pulmonary embolism that occurred...

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