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CARLTON v. VANCOUVER CARE LLC

No. 36797-1-II.

231 P.3d 1241 (2010)

155 Wash.App. 151

Karen CARLTON and Marjorie Holland, co-administrators/personal representatives for the Estate of Miriam Elizabeth Carlton, Appellants, v. VANCOUVER CARE LLC, d/b/a Stonebridge Memory Care, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

As Amended June 22, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Henry Reed, Reed Johnson & Snider PC, Vancouver, WA, for Appellants.

Douglas Fredrick Foley, Douglas Foley & Associates, PLLC, Vancouver, WA, Barbara J. Duffy, Ryan P. McBride, Andrew Gordon Yates, Lane Powell PC, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

ARMSTRONG, J.

¶ 1 Miriam Carlton, an elderly woman who suffered from severe dementia, was living in Stonebridge Memory Care when a male patient sexually assaulted her. Carlton died 13 months later without ever being able to describe the assault or its effect on her. Karen Carlton and Marjorie Holland, personal representatives of Carlton's estate, sued Vancouver Care LLC, which operates Stonebridge, for negligence and abuse of a vulnerable adult under chapter...

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