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CURTIS v. LEIN

No. 83307-9.

239 P.3d 1078 (2010)

Tambra CURTIS, Petitioner, v. Jack LEIN and Claire Lein, husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof; and Willow Creek Farm, Incorporated, a domestic corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided September 16, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jo-Hanna Gladness Read , Law Office of Jo-Hanna Read, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Kathleen Mary Thompson , Gardner Bond Trabolsi, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.

STEPHENS, J.

¶ 1 This case requires us to revisit our body of law involving res ipsa loquitur. Petitioner, Tambra Curtis, lived on a farm owned by the respondents, Jack and Claire Lein. Curtis was injured on the farm when a dock on which she was walking gave way beneath her. The Leins had the dock destroyed shortly after the incident, so there is no evidence as to the dock's condition at the time of the accident. Curtis brought a negligence suit against the Leins...

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