N.K. v. CORPORATION OF PRESIDING BISHOP

No. 67645-8-I.

307 P.3d 730 (2013)

175 Wn. App. 517

N.K., an individual proceeding under a pseudonym, Appellant, v. CORPORATION OF the PRESIDING BISHOP OF the CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, a foreign corporation sole registered to do business in the State of Washington; Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Successors, a foreign corporation sole registered to do business in the State of Washington; The Boy Scouts of America, a congressionally chartered corporation, authorized to do business in the State of Washington; and Pacific Harbors Council, Boy Scouts of America, a Washington nonprofit corporation, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

July 22, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Thomas Pfau , Jason Paul Amala , Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC, Seattle, WA, Darrell L. Cochran , Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC, Tacoma, WA, Kristian Roggendorf , Kelly Clark , Portland, OR, for Appellant.

Charles Cooper Gordon , Jeffrey Iver Tilden , Michael Rosenberger , Gordon Tilden Thomas & Cordell LLP, William Randolph Squires III , Kelly Patrick Corr , Barbara J. Kastama , Corr Cronin Michelson Baumgardner & Pree, Francis Stanley Floyd , Thomas Bradley Nedderman , Amber L. Pearce , Floyd Pflueger & Ringer PS, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.


BECKER, J.

¶ 1 Appellant NK1 was molested in 1977 by a volunteer scout leader with a church-sponsored Boy Scout troop in Shelton, Washington, when NK was 12 years old. Thirty-two years later, NK brought negligence claims against the church, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), and the local boy scouting council, for failing to protect him. These claims were dismissed on summary judgment on the ground that the defendants owed no duty to...

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