Philippides v. Bernard

In these four consolidated cases the court must determine whether the legislature has eliminated the *381requirement that parents of an adult child must be financially dependent on the adult child in order to recover for loss of consortium under RCW 4.24.010, the child injury/ death statute. We hold that RCW 4.24.010 requires such financial dependence.

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Philippides v. Bernard, No. 73239-6

Ianni Philippides was a 22-year-old unmarried man when he was struck by a car and killed. His sister, as personal representative of his estate, filed a wrongful death action under RCW 4.20.010. Philippides’…