VARGAS v. INLAND WASHINGTON, LLC

No. 96527-7.

452 P.3d 1205 (2019)

Gildardo Crisostomo VARGAS, an incapacitated person, by and through William Dussault, his Litigation Guardian ad Litem; Lucina Flores, an individual; Rosario Crisostomo Flores, an individual; and Patricia Crisostomo Flores, a minor child by and through Lucina Flores, her natural mother and default guardian, Petitioners, v. INLAND WASHINGTON, LLC, a Washington limited liability company, Respondent, and Inland Group P.S., LLC, a Washington limited liability company, Ralph's Concrete Pumping, Inc., a Washington corporation, and Miles Sand & Gravel Company d/b/a Concrete Nor'West, a Washington corporation, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed November 21, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Everett Sean Bishop , Derek K. Moore , Benjamin Reed Ferguson , Bishop Legal, 19743 1st Avenue S., Normandy Park, WA 98148-2401, for Appellant.

Robert L. Christie , Thomas P. Miller , Christie Law Group, PLLC, 2100 Westlake Avenue N, Suite 206, Seattle, WA 98109-5802, for Respondents.

David Philip Hansen , Aiken St. Louis & Siljeg PS, 801 2nd Avenue, Suite 1200, Seattle, WA 98104-1571, John Kermeth Butler , David E. Chawes , Preg O. Donnell & Gillett PLLC, 901 5th Avenue, Suite 3400, Seattle, WA 98164-2026, Kenneth Wendell Masters , Masters Law Group PLLC, 241 Madison Avenue N, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-1811, Steven George Wraith , Lee Smart PS Inc., 701 Pike Street, Suite 1800, Seattle, WA 98101-3929, for Defendants.

Jackson Wilder Maynard, Jr. , Hannah Sarah Sells Marcley , Building Industry Association of Washing, 111 21st Avenue SW, Olympia, WA 98501-2809, for Amicus Curiae (Building Industry Association of Washington).

Anastasia R. Sandstrom , Paul Michael Weideman , Attorney General's Office, 800 5th Avenue, Suite 2000, Seattle, WA 98104-3188, for Amicus Curiae (Department of Labor & Industries).

Joshua J. Stellmon , Matthew M. Malmsheimer , Attorney at Law, 200 SW Market Street, Suite 1777, Portland, OR 97201-5771, for Amicus Curiae (Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters).

Valerie Davis McOmie , Attorney at Law, 4549 NW Aspen Street, Camas, WA 98607-8302, Daniel Edward Huntington , Richter-Wimberley PS, 422 W. Riverside Avenue, Suite 1300, Spokane, WA 99201-0305, for Amicus Curiae (Washington State Association For Justice Foundation).

Dmitri L. Iglitzin , Jennifer L. Robbins , Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt LLP, 18 W. Mercer Street, Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98119-3971, for Amicus Curiae (Washington State Labor Council).


¶ 1 Gildardo Crisostomo Vargas was working on a construction project when a concrete-carrying hose whipped around, hit him in the head, and caused a severe traumatic brain injury. Vargas and his family sued the general contractor, the concrete supplier, and the concrete pumper for negligence. The trial court granted summary...

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