LaPLANT v. SNOHOMISH COUNTY

No. 64281-2-I.

271 P.3d 254 (2011)

162 Wash.App. 476

Mario LaPLANT and Crysta Pennamen, Respondents, v. SNOHOMISH COUNTY; John Does 1-10, Petitioners.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered June 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bridget Elizabeth Casey , Civil Div. Snohomish County Prosecutor's, Everett, WA, Thomas Lee Schwanz , Wieck Schwanz , Bellevue, WA, for Petitioners.

Mark Leemon , Leemon & Royer PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.


LEACH, A.C.J.

¶ 1 On discretionary review, we must decide whether a negligent training and supervision claim should be dismissed when an employer, against whom vicarious liability is also alleged, admits that its employees' allegedly negligent conduct occurred within the scope of employment. We hold that the trial court should have dismissed Mario LaPlant's cause of action for negligent training and supervision against Snohomish County because, under the facts...

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