Bauman v. Crawford

104 Wn.2d 241 (1985)

704 P.2d 1181

DONALD T. BAUMAN, Petitioner,

v.

ROBERT S. CRAWFORD, Respondent.

No. 50870-4.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

August 8, 1985.

Miracle, Pruzan, Morrow, Pruzan & Johnson and Howard R. Pruzan, for petitioner.

Helsell, Fetterman, Martin, Todd & Hokanson, by Lish Whitson, for respondent.

PEARSON, J.

This appeal requires us to decide whether the negligence per se doctrine should be applicable to minors, or whether minors should instead be judged only by the special child's standard of care in a civil negligence action. We hold that a minor's violation of a statute…