Legal Opinion · Dissent

Heidi Jo Hendrickson v. Moses Lake School District

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided June 8, 2017No. 34197-6-IIIPublished

1DissentKorsmo, J.

¶21 (dissenting) The jury determination that Ms. Hendrickson was the cause of her own injury should be dispositive here. The error in instructing the jury on the school district’s heightened duty of care was harmless in this circumstance.

¶22 I agree with the majority and the recent authority indicating that the plaintiff was entitled to an instruction indicating that the school district had a special relationship to the children in its care. Quynn v. Bellevue Sch. Dist., 195 Wn. App. 627, 383 P.3d 1053 (2016); Hopkins v. Seattle Pub. Sch. Dist. No. 1, 195 Wn. App. 96, 380 P.3d 584, review…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. James Hopkins, Jr. v. Seattle Public School DistrictCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2016

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