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MEYERS v. FERNDALE SCHOOL DIST.

No. 98280-5.

481 P.3d 1084 (2021)

Bonnie I. MEYERS, as personal representative of the estate of Gabriel Lewis Anderson, a deceased minor, age 15, and on behalf of the beneficiaries of the estate; and Brandi K. Sestrom and Joshua Anderson, individually, Respondents, v. FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a political subdivision of the State of Washington, Petitioner, and William Klein and Jane Doe Klein, and the marital community comprised thereof, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed: March 4, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bret S. Simmons , Jill Smith , Simmons Sweeney Smith PS, 1223 Commercial St., Bellingham, WA, 98225-4306, for Petitioner(s).

Philip Albert Talmadge , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick, 2775 Harbor Ave. Sw, Third Floor Ste. C, Aaron Paul Orheim , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick, 2775 Harbor Ave. Sw Unit C, Seattle, WA, 98126-2138, John Robert Connelly Jr. , Marta Lynn O'Brien , Jackson Robert Pahlke , Attorney at Law, Connelly Law Offices, 2301 N. 30th St., Tacoma, WA, 98403-3322, for Respondent(s).

Valerie Davis McOmie , Attorney at Law, 4549 Nw Aspen St., Camas, WA, 98607-8302, Daniel Edward Huntington , Richter-Wimberley PS, 422 W. Riverside Ave. Ste. 1300, Spokane, WA, 99201-0305, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association for Justice Foundation.

Mark Dietzler , Law Offices of Mark Dietzler, Po Box 7218, London, KY, 40742-7218, Lisa Ann Liekhus , Law Offices of Mark Dietzler, 1001 4th Ave. Ste. 3300, Seattle, WA, 98154-1125, for Other Parties.

¶ 1 This case involves a wrongful death claim brought on behalf of a student against the school district. Gabriel Anderson, a student of the Ferndale School District (Ferndale), was killed by a vehicle while on an off campus walk with his physical education (PE) class. Anderson's estate alleged negligence by Ferndale. The trial...

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