Legal Opinion
Gregoire v. City of Oak Harbor
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 2, 2010No. 81253-5PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanders, J.
¶1 Shortly after police arrested Edward Gregoire (Gregoire), he displayed a range of unstable be*631havior, including thrashing violently, tussling with officers, crying, making irrational statements, and asking officers to shoot him. Roughly half an hour after transporting Gregoire to the Oak Harbor jail, officers found Gregoire hanging by his neck from a ventilation grate. Gregoire died soon thereafter. Tanya Gregoire (Ms. Gregoire), personal representative of Gregoire’s estate, sued Oak Harbor for negligence in his death.
¶2 During a jury trial, the court read instructions on assumption of risk…
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