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TURNER v. DEPT. OF SOC. & HEALTH SERVICES

No. 99243-6.

493 P.3d 117 (2021)

Kathy Arleen TURNER, individually and as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Kent Allen Turner, Deceased, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL & HEALTH SERVICES; Lewis-Mason-Thurston Area Agency on Aging; Res-Care Washington, Inc., a Delaware corporation; and Life Therapeutic Works, LLC, a Washington Limited Liability Corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed: August 12, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley Jerome Moore , A. Melanie Nguyen , Stritmatter Kessler Whelan Koehler Moore, 3600 15th Ave., W. Ste. 300, Seattle, WA, 98119-1330, Brian F. Ladenburg , B.F. Ladenburg, Inc., 821 2nd Ave., Ste. 2100, Seattle, WA, 98104-1516, Philip Albert Talmadge , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick, 2775 Harbor Ave., Sw, Third Floor Ste. C, Seattle, WA, 98126-2138, Gary Manca , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick, 2775 Harbor Ave., Sw, Third Floor, Suite C, Seattle, WA, 98126, for Appellant(s).

Eron Zachary Cannon , Jennifer M. Smitrovich , Fain Anderson Vanderhoef, 701 5th Ave., Ste. 4750, Seattle, WA, 98104-7089, Jean Magladry , Law Office of Jean Magladry PLLC, 536 Holland Hills Rd. #4, Basalt, CO, 81621, Tiersa Justice , Law Office of Tiersa Justice PLLC, 1408 140th Pl. Ne Ste. 150, Bellevue, WA, 98007-3964, Dianna Caley , Dianna Caley PLLC, 5400 Carillon Pt., Kirkland, WA, 98033-7357, Joseph Michael Diaz , Attorney General of Washington, Po Box 2317, Tacoma, WA, 98401-2317, Sara Avet Cassidey , Washington Attorney General's Office, 7141 Cleanwater Dr. Sw, Po Box 40126, Olympia, WA, 98504-0126, Mark L.B. Wheeler Jr. , John A. Kesler III , Frederick Dee Gentry , Bean, Gentry, Wheeler & Peternell, PLLC, 910 Lakeridge Way Sw, Olympia, WA, 98502-6036, Christopher Joseph Kerley Evans , Craven & Lackie, PS, 818 W. Riverside Ave., Ste. 250, Spokane, WA, 99201-0994, for Respondent(s).

Janell Marie Middleton , Attorney at Law, Po Box 40124, John Paul Desjardien , Washington State AGO, 7141 Cleanwater Dr. Sw, Olympia, WA, 98504-0124, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Wa. State Health Care Authority.

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 Wa. State Association for Justice Foundation.

Eleanor Hamburger , Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger PLLC, 3101 Western Avenue, Suite 350, Seattle, WA, 98121, Mark Whitburn , Sean E. Pevsner , Whitburn & Pevsner, PLLC, 2000 E. Lamar Blvd., Suite 600, Arlington, TX, 76006, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of National Council On Independent Living.

¶ 1 This case primarily involves the existence and scope of any duty owed by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) and area agencies on aging (AAAs) to individuals who qualify for and receive state long-term care services. Kent Turner suffered from multiple sclerosis (MS), which caused loss of his...

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