SOUTHWICK v. SEATTLE POLICE OFFICER JOHN DOE

No. 59283-1-I.

186 P.3d 1089 (2008)

Matthew SOUTHWICK, Appellant, v. SEATTLE POLICE OFFICER JOHN DOE # s 1-5 and King County Correctional Employee John Doe # s 1-5, Defendants, City of Seattle and King County, Washington, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered June 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zachary Lynch Fleet, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Stephen Powell Larson, Stafford Frey Cooper, Charles Craig Parker, King Co. Admin. Bldg., Seattle, WA, for Respondents.


LEACH, J.

¶ 1 Matthew Southwick appeals the dismissal of his claims against the City of Seattle for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted and his claims against King County on summary judgment. He contends that Washington's claims-filing statute, RCW 4.96.020(4), tolled the statute of limitations for his civil rights claims. He also asserts that the trial court improperly refused to consider an untimely declaration of a previously undisclosed...

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