MEARS v. BETHEL SCHOOL DIST. NO. 403

No. 43121-1-II.

332 P.3d 1077 (2014)

Jeanette MEARS, individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Mercedes Mears and as Limited Guardian for Jada Mears; and Michael Mears, Appellants/Cross Respondents, v. BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 403, a municipal corporation; Rhonda K. Gibson; and Heidi A. Christensen, Respondents/Cross Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

August 12, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Alexander Lindenmuth , Benjamin Franklin Barcus , Ben F. Barcus & Associates PLLC, Taeoma, WA, Thaddeus Phillip IV Martin , Attorney at Law, Lakewood, WA, for Appellant/Cross-Respondent.

Gerald John Moberg , Jerry Moberg & Associates, P.S., Ephrata, WA, Daniel W. Ferm , Attorney at Law, Bainbridge Island, WA, Jessie Lee Harris , Williams Kastner & Gibbs PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Respondent/Cross-Appellant.


BJORGEN, A.C.J.

¶ 1 This appeal from a defense verdict in a wrongful death case arises out of the untimely death of Mercedes Mears, a student at Clover Creek Elementary School. Mercedes1 began having difficulty breathing shortly after arriving at school on October 7, 2008. Mercedes's sister Jada Mears informed Rhonda Gibson, the school's health clerk, who escorted Mercedes to the school's health room and called 911. By the time emergency...

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