YOUKER v. DOUGLAS COUNTY

No. 29165-1-III.

258 P.3d 60 (2011)

162 Wn. App. 448

Jason YOUKER, Appellant, v. DOUGLAS COUNTY, a municipal corporation, and Lisa White, a single woman, and William Black and Jane Doe Black, a marital community, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

Publication Ordered August 18, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie Ann Anderson , Attorney at Law, Wenatchee, WA, for Appellant.

Stanley Allen Bastian , Jeffers Danielson Sonn & Aylward PS, Wenatchee, WA, for Respondents.


SIDDOWAY, J.

¶ 1 Jason Youker appeals the summary judgment dismissal of his malicious prosecution, false arrest, and related claims against Douglas County and two of its deputies arising out of a search, arrest, and ultimately-terminated prosecution. We agree that the malicious prosecution, false arrest, and false imprisonment claims were properly dismissed, and that the prosecutor's informed decision to charge Mr. Youker broke the causal chain to most of the...

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