Fred BINSCHUS, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Julie Ann Binschus; Tonya Fenton; Trisha Woods; Tammy Morris; Joann Gillum, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gregory N. Gillum; Carla J. Lange, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Leroy B. Lange; Nicholas Lee Lange, individually; Andrea Rose, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Chester M. Rose; Stacy Rose, individually; Richard Treston and Carol Treston, and the marital community thereof; Ben Mercado; Pamela Radcliffe, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of David Radcliffe; and Troy Giddings, individually, Respondents,
v.
STATE of Washington, Department of Corrections; Skagit Emergency Communications Center d/b/a "Skagit 911," an interlocal government agency; and Okanogon County, a political subdivision of the State of Washington, Defendants, and
Skagit County, a political subdivision of the State of Washington, Petitioner.
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Christopher Joseph Kerley , Evans, Craven & Lackie, P.S., 818 W. Riverside Ave., Ste. 250, Spokane, WA, 99201-0994, Mark Richard Bucklin , Keating Bucklin & McCormack Inc., PS, 800 Fifth Ave., Ste. 4141, Seattle, WA, 98104-3175, Joshua Choate , Paul J. Triesch , Office of the Washington State Attorney, 800 5th Ave., Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98104-3188, for Defendants.
Philip Albert Talmadge , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick/Tribe, 2775 Harbor Ave. S.W., Third Floor, Ste. C, Seattle, WA, 98126-2138, Nathan Paul Roberts , John Robert Connelly Jr. , Connelly Law Offices, PLLC, 2301 N. 30th St., Tacoma, WA, 98403-3322, Jaime Drozd Allen , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 1201 3rd Ave., Ste. 2200, Seattle, WA, 98101-3045, Jeffrey Duane Dunbar , Ogden Murphy Wallace PLLC, 901 5th Ave., Ste. 3500, Seattle, WA, 98164-2008, Eugene Ronald Moses , Law Offices of Gene R. Moses P.S., 2200 Rimland Dr., Ste. 115, Bellingham, WA, 98226-6639, Dean Ralph Brett , Brett Murphy Coats Knapp McCandlis Brown, P.O. Box 4196, Bellingham, WA, 98227-4196, W. Mitchell Cogdill , Attorney at Law, 3232 Rockefeller Ave., 3 Thirty Two Sq., Everett, WA, 98201-4317, for Respondents.
Michael Patrick Lynch , Office of the Attorney General, P.O. Box 40126, Olympia, WA, 98504-0126, Torts Division A.G. Office, Attorney at Law, 7141 Cleanwater Lane S.W., P.O. Box 40126, Olympia, WA, 98504-0126, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of State of Washington.
Daniel Brian Heid , City of Auburn, 25 W. Main St., Auburn, WA, 98001-4998, Rebecca Boatright , Seattle Police Department, P.O. Box 34986, 610 5th Ave., Seattle, WA, 98124-4986, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys.
Shannon Mary Ragonesi , Keating Bucklin & McCormack, 800 5th Ave., Ste. 4141, Seattle, WA, 98104-3175, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Cities Insurance Authority.
Bryan Harnetiaux , WA State Ass'n for Justice Foundation, 517 E. 17th Avenue, Spokane, WA, 99203, Daniel Edward Huntington , Richter-Wimberley PS, 422 W. Riverside Ave., Ste. 1300, Spokane, WA, 99201-0305, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association for Justice Foundation.
Matthew J. Segal , Pacifica Law Group LLP, 1191 2nd Ave., Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98101-3404, Nancy Lynn Talner , Attorney at Law, 901 5th Ave., Ste. 630, Seattle, WA, 98164-2008, Mark Muzzey Cooke , ACLU of Washington, 901 5th Ave., Ste. 630, Seattle, WA, 98164-2086, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of ACLU.
OWENS, J.
¶ 1 In 1992, we held that the State could be held liable for crimes committed by parolees if those crimes resulted from the State's negligence in supervising the parolees. Taggart v. State,118 Wn.2d 195, 822 P.2d 243 (1992). Today, plaintiffs ask us to extend...
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