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· 9/17/1990

Garnett v. City of Bellevue

Citations

  • 796 P.2d 782
  • 59 Wash. App. 281
  • 1990 Wash. App. LEXIS 362

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • negligent infliction of emotional distress for officers’ harsh and offensive language in responding to a call that plaintiffs were loitering
  • negligent infliction of emotional distress for officers' harsh and offensive language in responding to a call that plaintiffs were loitering
  • where officers allegedly mistreated women accused of soliciting lounge patrons, court found public duty doctrine inapplicable because the “infliction of emotional distress [in the case] was the result of direct contact with the plaintiff, not the performance of a general public duty”

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Judges: Swanson

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