Summary Sixteen-year-old Allen Harris fatally suffered a sudden cardiac arrest during a summer football conditioning workout at Federal Way High School (“FWHS”). Allen’s parents Dinitia and Roderick Harris, individually and on behalf of the estate (“Estate”), sued the Federal Way Public School District (“District”). The Estate alleged, in part, that the District owed an enhanced… Read the full article…
Legal Updates
On March 1, 2022, Division II of the Washington Court of Appeals issued its decision in Virgil Mihaila v. Ronald and Hendriekje Troth, holding that a genuine issue of material fact existed whether the Troths should have anticipated some harm to Mihaila, an invitee, even though the dangerous condition on their property was known and… Read the full article…
On March 4, 2021, the Washington State Supreme Court issued its opinion in Meyers v. Ferndale School District and determined the alleged acts of negligence on the part of the school district were not too remote to be a legal cause of a student’s death.