Legal Opinion
Price v. State
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided October 18, 2002No. 26840-0-IIPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorgan, J.
The questions in this appeal are whether a three-year-old sibling can sue the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) for negligent failure to disclose information pertinent to an adoption decision, and whether the adoptive parents, who clearly can sue under McKinney *67v. State,1 can recover emotional distress damages. The answers are no and yes, respectively.
In 1981, Charles and Jackie Price had a three-year-old daughter named Kimberly. Through DSHS, they adopted a two-year-old boy, C. According to the jury’s later verdict, they were not fully aware of C.’s problems. The facts…
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