Peralta v. State

¶1 We are asked to review the trial court’s ruling that plaintiff Deborah Peralta’s admission during pretrial discovery should be given conclusive effect. Peralta admitted without qualification to being “under the influence of intoxicating liquors” at the time she was struck and injured by a Washington State Patrol car. We hold that her admission in this context was unambiguous and that the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it ruled she was bound by her admission. The jury instruction incorporating this ruling was appropriate. Even if the meaning of Per-alta’s admission was…