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WATNESS v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 78819-1-I.

457 P.3d 1177 (2019)

Commissioner Eric WATNESS, as personal representative of the estate of Charleena Lyles; Karen Clark, as guardian ad litem on behalf of the four minor children of decedent, Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF SEATTLE, a municipality; Jason M. Anderson and Steven A. McNew, individually Respondents, Solid Ground, a Washington nonprofit corporation, Defendant, Karen Koehler and Edward Moore, plaintiffs' attorneys, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Published February 3, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Kathryn Koehler , A. Melanie Nguyen , Stritmatter Kessler Whelan Koehler Moore, 3600 15th Ave. W Ste. 300, Seattle, WA, 98119-1330, Todd Maybrown , David Allen , Allen Hansen Maybrown & Offenbecher, PS, 600 University St. Ste. 3020, Seattle, WA, 98101-4105, Garth L. Jones , Stritmatter Kessler Koehler Moore , 413 8th St., Hoquiam, WA, 98550-3607, Edward H. Moore Jr. , Law Offices of Edward H. Moore PC, 3600 15th Ave. W Ste. 300, Seattle, WA, 98119-1330, for Appellant.

Ghazal Sharifi , Seattle City Attorney's Office, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 2050, Seattle, WA, 98104-7095, Jeffrey Mark Wolf , Seattle City Light — Legal Affairs Offic., Po Box 34023, Seattle, WA, 98124-4023, Robert L. Christie , Megan Maria Coluccio , Christie Law Group PLLC, 2100 Westlake Ave. N Ste. 206, Seattle, WA, 98109-5802, for Respondent.

PUBLISHED OPINION

¶1 This appeal arises from a negligence suit filed on behalf of Lyles's estate. On June 18, 2018, Lyles was shot by two SPD officers and died as a result of her injuries. Koehler and Moore, counsel for Lyles's estate, filed a motion under RCW 9.72.090, alleging that one of the officers had committed...

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