JONES v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 87343-7.

314 P.3d 380 (2013)

179 Wn.2d 322

Margie (Meg) JONES, as Guardian of Mark Jones, Respondent, v. CITY OF SEATTLE, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 12, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Barr King , Gregory Mann Miller , Jason Wayne Anderson , Justin Price Wade , Carney Badley Spellman PS, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Todd Whitney Gardner , Attorney at Law, Renton, WA, Richard B. Kilpatrick , Kilpatrick Law Group PC, Bellevue, WA, Kenneth Wendell Masters , Shelby R. Frost Lemmel , Masters Law Group PLLC, Bainbridge Island, WA, for Respondent.

Stewart Andrew Estes , Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S., Seattle, WA, Erin Healy Hammond , Attorney at Law, Federal Way, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Defense Trial Lawyers.

Milton G. Rowland , Foster Pepper PLLC, Spokane, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys.


GORDON McCLOUD, J.

¶ 1 The city of Seattle (City) seeks review of an unpublished Court of Appeals decision affirming a $12.75 million verdict in favor of former Seattle fire fighter Mark Jones. The City asserts that the trial court erred by (1) excluding three late-disclosed defense witnesses without first conducting the inquiry required under Burnet v. Spokane Ambulance, 131 Wn.2d 484, 494, 933 P.2d...

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