DOWNING v. LOSVAR

No. 36298-1-III.

507 P.3d 894 (2022)

Sandra Lynne DOWNING, individually and as Personal Representative of The Estate of Brian Downing, Deceased, and on behalf of Kristyl Downing and James Downing, Death Beneficiaries of The Estate of Brian Downing, Respondents, v. Blair LOSVAR, Personal Representative of The Estate of Albert E. Losvar. Deceased, Respondent, Lycoming, a Division of Avco Corporation, a Delaware corporation and subsidiary of Textron Aviation, Inc., a foreign corporation; and John Does 1-20, Defendants, Textron Aviation, Inc., a Kansas corporation formerly Cessna, Aircraft Company, Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

FILED April 14, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Martin Schoeggl , Lane Powell, 1420 5th Ave. Ste. 4200, Seattle, WA, 98101-2375, for Petitioner.

Alexander Harris Sol Thomason , Valor Law Group, PS, P.O. Box 637, Pateros, WA, 98846-0637, for Defendants.

Karen J. Scudder , John Joseph Greaney Jr. , Greaney Scudder Law Firm, PLLC, 203 Madison Ave. N, Kent, WA, 98032-4408, Rachel Min Luke , Friedman Rubin, Ronald Jaesung Park , Attorney at Law, 1109 1st Ave. Ste. 501, Seattle, WA, 98101-2988, Mark Steven Northcraft , Aaron Dean Bigby , Northcraft Bigby PC, 819 Virginia St. Ste. C2, Seattle, WA, 98101-4433, for Respondents.


PUBLISHED OPINION

¶1 "[T]his exact fact pattern (a resident-plaintiff sues a global [aviation] company, extensively serving the state market ... for an in-state accident)' also effectively functions `as an illustration—even a paradigm example—of how specific jurisdiction works." Cohen v. Continental Motors...

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