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WATNESS v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 79480-9-I.

481 P.3d 570 (2021)

Commissioner Eric WATNESS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Charleena Lyles; Karen Clark, as Guardian Ad Litem on behalf of the decedent's four minor children, Appellant, v. The CITY OF SEATTLE, a municipality; Jason M. Anderson, an individual; Steven A. McNew, an Individual, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Filed February 16, 2021.

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, 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, Karen A. Clark , Dept. of Social and Health Services, P.O. Box 45600, Olympia, WA, 98504-5600, 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 Office, P.O. 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 On June 18, 2017, Seattle Police Officers Jason Anderson and Steven McNew (the Officers) shot and killed Charleena Lyles after, as the Officers contend, she threatened them with a knife. Retired Commissioner Eric Watness, personal representative of Lyles's estate, and Karen Clark, guardian ad litem...

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