Wooldridge v. Woolett

This case presents the question whether the value of a person's shortened life expectancy is a separately recoverable item of damages in a survival action brought pursuant to RCW 4.20.046. The trial court refused to instruct the jury that the reasonable value of Clifford S. Wooldridge's shortened life expectancy was a separate element of damages in this survival action. The Court of Appeals, Division Two, affirmed the trial court in all respects. Wooldridge v. Woolett, 28 Wn. App. 869, 626 P.2d 1007 (1981). We likewise affirm.

The facts are as follows:

Clifford S. Wooldridge, Scott Allen…