R.N. v. KIWANIS INTERN.

No. 53957-8-II.

496 P.3d 748 (2021)

R.N., individually, J.W., individually, and S.C., individually, Appellants, v. KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL, a non-profit entity; Kiwanis Pacific Northwest District, a non-profit entity; Kiwanis of Tumwater, a non-profit corporation; Kiwanis of Chehalis, a non-profit entity; Kiwanis of Grand-Mound Rochester, a non-profit entity; Kiwanis of Grand-Mound, a non-profit entity; Kiwanis of Rochester, a non-profit entity; Kiwanis of Centralia, a non-profit entity; Kiwanis of Centralia-Chehalis, a non-profit entity; Charles McCarthy, an individual; Guy Cornwell, an individual; Lee Coumbs, an individual; Sam C. Morehead, an individual; Edward J. Hopkins, an individual; Lewis Patton, an individual; Henry Meister, an individual; B. Dale Shannon, an individual; Kiwanis of Chehalis, a non-profit corporation, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

Filed October 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell L. Cochran , Kevin Michael Hastings , Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC, 909 A. Street, Suite 700, Tacoma, WA, 98402-4413, Fred Diamondstone , Law Offices of Fred Diamondstone, 2311 N. 45th St., #204 Seattle, WA, 98103, Michael Charles Kahrs , Kahrs Law Firm PS, 2208 Nw Market St., Ste. 414, Seattle, WA, 98107-4097, for Appellants.

Paul A. Buckley , 6256 Greenwich Drive, Suite 550, San Diego, CA, 92122, Zachary David Rutman , Attorney at Law, 3655 Nobel Dr., Ste. 650, San Diego, CA, 92122-1058, John Roche , Taylor Anderson LLP, 1670 Broadway, Suite 900, Denver, CO, 80202, Carl Edward Forsberg , Forsberg & Umlauf PS, 901 5th Ave., Ste. 1400, Seattle, WA, 98164-1039, Sidney Charlotte Tribe , Carney Badley Spellman , 701 5th Ave., Ste. 3600, Seattle, WA, 98104-7010, Daniel Paul Crowner , Jackson Lewis P.C., 520 Pike St., Ste. 2300, Seattle, WA, 98101-4099, Anthony Robert Scisciani III , Christopher Arley Luhrs , Holt Woods & Scisciani LLP, 701 Pike St., Ste. 2200, Seattle, WA, 98101-2358, for Respondents.

Francis Stanley Floyd , Sean Edward Michael Moore , Thomas Bradley Nedderman , Dakota L. Solberg , Amanda Dawn Daylong , Floyd Pflueger & Ringer PS, 200 W. Thomas St., Ste. 500 Seattle, WA, 98119-4296, Earl Maier Sutherland , Attorney at Law, 111 E. Tamarack Ln., Shelton, WA, 98584-9457, Allison Margaret Croft , Freimund Tardif, PLLC, 711 Capitol Way S., Ste. 602, Olympia, WA, 98501-1236, for Other Parties.


PUBLISHED OPINION

¶ 1 RN, JW, and SC allege they were sexually abused as children in a group home in Centralia between 1989 and 1991. Lewis County Youth Enterprises (LCYE), a non-profit corporation doing business as Kiwanis Vocational Homes for Youth (KVH), operated...

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