Legal Opinion
Heckart v. City of Yakima
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided October 22, 1985No. 6737-8-IIIPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam.—
Anthony Heckart appeals the dismissal of his action against the City of Yakima, which he filed 3 years after his allegedly false arrest by a Yakima police officer. Both the Superior Court, and the Commissioner of this court on a motion on the merits, applied RCW 4.16.100(1), which establishes a 2-year limitation period for: "an action for libel, slander, assault, assault and battery, or false imprisonment." (Italics ours.) Mr. Heckart contends in his motion to modify the Commissioner's ruling that the proper statute of limitation is contained in the catchall statute, RCW 4.16.080,…
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- Grooms v. FervidaIndiana Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by13 opinions
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