ANDERSON v. GRANT COUNTY

No. 38892-1-III.

539 P.3d 40 (2023)

Barbara ANDERSON and Rod Batton, and each of them, Individually, and Barbara Anderson and Rod Batton as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Derek Batton, Respondents, v. GRANT COUNTY, Washington, Petitioner, John Kriete, Dan Durand, John Querin and Dan Simon and John Doe V-X, and each of them, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

Filed November 28, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Early Mcfarland Jr. , Attorney at Law, Scott A. Flage Evans, Craven & Lackie, P.S., 818 W Riverside Ave., Ste. 250, Spokane, WA, 99201-0910, Kenneth Wendell Masters , Shelby R. Frost Lemmel , Masters Law Group PLLC, 321 High School Road Ne, D3-#362, Bainbridge Island, WA, 98110-2648, for Petitioner.

Michael Schwartz , Schwartz Law Office PLLC, 701 5th Ave., Ste. 2460, Seattle, WA, 98104-7107, James Robert Dixon , Dixon & Cannon, Ltd., 701 N 36th St. Ste. 420, Seattle, WA, 98103-8868, Damon Alexander Platis , Law Office of Damon A. Platis, PLLC, 9449 53rd Ave. W, Mukilteo, WA, 98275-3344, for Respondents.


PUBLISHED OPINION

¶1 In August 2018, Derek Batton, while incarcerated at the Grant County Jail, died after ingesting heroin that was smuggled in by his cellmate, Jordan Tebow. In February 2022, Mr. Batton's parents, Barbara Anderson and Rod Batton, individually and as copersonal representatives of the estate of Derek Batton...

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