Estate of Bordon v. Department of Corrections

The Estate of Cynthia Bordon sued the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) for Bordon’s wrongful death, alleging that DOC negligently supervised Richard Alan Jones and its negligence proximately caused Bordon’s death. A jury found in favor of Bordon and apportioned 24 percent of fault to DOC. The State appeals, asserting the trial court erred by denying its Civil Rule 50 motion for judgment as a matter of law based on lack of duty and factual and legal causation. We reverse, concluding the trial court erred by submitting the issue to the jury when there was insufficient evidence…