HARPER v. STATE

NO. 95511-5.

429 P.3d 1071 (2018)

Cathy HARPER, Individually, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Tricia Patricelli, as Guardian Ad Litem for Khalani Michael, a Minor Child, and as Guardian Ad Litem for Niyerrah Michael, a Minor Child, Respondent, v. STATE of Washington; Washington Department of Corrections, a Governmental Entity, Petitioner, and Rhonda Freeland and John Doe Freeland and their Marital Community, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed November 21, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Triesch , Attorney General's Office, Kaylynn What , Attorney General, Torts, 800 Fifth Ave. Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98104-3188, for Petitioner.

Sean P. Gillespie , Kenan Lee Isitt , Christopher R. Carney , Carney Gillespie Isitt PLLP, 600 1st Ave. Ste. L108, Seattle, WA, 98104-2679, Respondent.

Christopher R. Carney , Sean P. Gillespie , Carney Gillespie Isitt PLLP, 600 1st Ave. Ste. L108, Seattle, WA, 98104-2679, Counsel for Minor.

Michael E. Tardif , Jeffrey A.O. Freimund , Freimund Jackson & Tardif PLLC, 711 Capitol Way S Ste. 602, Olympia, WA, 98501-1236, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Cities Insurance Authority, Washington Counties Risk Pool.


¶ 1 Scottye Miller murdered his longtime girlfriend, Tricia Patricelli, 15 days after he was released from prison on Department of Corrections (DOC)-supervised probation. It is undisputed that everyone involved — Patricelli, Patricelli's family and friends, and DOC — knew that Miller had physically abused Patricelli...

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