Legal Opinion

Shoop v. Kittitas County

Washington Supreme Court

Decided April 3, 2003No. 71926-8PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

65 P.3d 1194 (2003)

149 Wash.2d 29

Cathleen L. SHOOP and Ken Shoop, husband and wife, Respondents,

v.

KITTITAS COUNTY and John Does I-IV, Petitioners.

No. 71926-8.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued September 19, 2002.

Decided April 3, 2003.

Charles Bailey, Gretchen Salazar, Seattle, for Petitioners.

Lopez & Fantel, Carl Lopez, Seattle, for Respondents.

SANDERS, J.

Former RCW 36.01.050 (1997), amended by Laws of 2000, ch. 244, § 1, requires actions against a county be commenced in the defendant county or one of the two nearest counties. This case arises because the plaintiff filed her tort…

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