Cesar BELTRAN-SERRANO, an incapacitated person, individually, and Bianca Beltran as guardian ad litem of the person and estate of Cesar Beltran-Serrano, Petitioners,
v.
CITY OF TACOMA, a political subdivision of the State of Washington, Respondent.
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Jean P. Homan , Tacoma City Attorney's Office, 747 Market Street, #1120, Tacoma, WA 98402-3701, Catherine Wright Smith , Smith Goodfriend PS, 1619 8th Avenue N., Seattle, WA 98109-3007, for Respondent.
Jose Dino Vasquez , Karr Tuttle Campbell , 701 5th Avenue, Suite 3300, Seattle WA 98104-7055, Antoinette M. Davis , American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, 901 5th Avenue, Suite 630, Seattle, WA 98164-2086, for Amicus Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Foundation.
Kimberly Ann Mosolf , Disability Rights Washington, 315 5th Avenue S., Suite 850, Seattle, WA 98104-2691, for Amicus Curiae Disability Rights Washington.
Stewart Andrew Estes , Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S., 801 2nd Avenue, Suite 1210, Seattle, WA 98104-3175, for Amicus Curiae Washington Cities Insurance Authority and Washington Counties Risk Pool.
Daniel Edward Huntington , Richter-Wimberley PS, 422 W Riverside Avenue, Suite 1300, Spokane, WA 99201-0305, Valerie Davis McOmie , Attorney at Law, 4549 NW Aspen Street, Camas, WA 98607-8302, for Amicus Curiae Washington State Association for Justice Foundation.
Daniel G. Lloyd , Vancouver City Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 1995, 415 W. 6th Street, Vancouver, WA 98668-1995, Jonathan Collins , Smith Goodfriend, 1619 8th Avenue N., Seattle, WA 98109-3007, for Amicus Curiae Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys.
STEPHENS, J.
¶1 Cesar Beltran-Serrano, a mentally ill homeless man, was shot multiple times by Tacoma Police Officer Michel Volk, after a simple social contact escalated to the use of deadly force. Beltran-Serrano survived the shooting and, through a guardian ad litem, brought this action for negligence and assault and battery against the city...
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