Keates v. City of Vancouver

Petrich, J.*

— John Keates sued the City of Vancouver and police officer Danne Johnson for the torts of outrage *260and negligent infliction of emotional distress committed against him when police interrogated him about his wife’s murder. The trial court dismissed these claims on summary judgment.

In the early evening of January 13, 1986, John Keates returned home from work to find Karen, his wife, lying on their bed in a pool of blood. She had been raped, strangled, and shot with a shotgun. He called 911. The Vancouver Police Department sent Sergeant Danne Johnson to investigate, who took a…