Wilson v. Lund

This is an action for wrongful death of a 5-year-old boy instituted by his father, Donald Wilson, and his mother, Karen Wilson, plaintiffs (appellants), against the defendants (respondents), Lee L. Lund and his wife, doing business as Triple L. Ranch. The crux of this appeal is whether the legislature in amending RCW 4.24.010 in *921967 authorized' the recovery of damages for mental anguish in cases involving the wrongful death of or injury to a child. We answer this question in the affirmative.

The action arose out of a riding mishap at the defendants’ dude ranch on August 5, 1966, which…