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	<title>Seattle Personal Injury Attorney &#187; Injury Claims Against Government</title>

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		<title>Court of Appeals Rules in Public Duty Doctrine Case</title>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Our Seattle injury attorney was not involved in the lawsuit described in this article. The Washington Court of Appeals recently ruled that application of the public duty doctrine negated a claim against a fire district for the destruction of a partially constructed house and other property.[1] The same analysis applies to personal injury claims.  The plaintiffs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Courts Review Tort Claim Form Requirements</title>

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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our law firm was not involved in the lawsuit described in this article. Anyone making a claim against a government body in Washington must complete and serve a tort claim form prior to filing a lawsuit. In a recent case the trial court dismissed a lawsuit because the claimant listed damages as “undetermined pending further [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rescue Doctrine</title>

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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under the rescue doctrine a public entity has a special duty to exercise reasonable care after assuming a duty to warn or come to the aid of a particular plaintiff.[1] That special duty exists because a public entity&#8217;s assurances may induce reliance.  A person who voluntarily promises to perform a service for another in need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Failure to Enforce</title>

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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington governmental entities are immune to liability under the public duty doctrine for duties owed to the public generally.  “Failure to enforce” is a recognized exception to this rule. The failure to enforce exception applies where governmental agents responsible for enforcing statutory requirements possess actual knowledge of a statutory violation, fail to take corrective action [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Public Duty Doctrine and Legislative Intent</title>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 17:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The public duty doctrine is a defense to claims against state and local governmental entities.  The doctrine in its simplest terms is express by the observation that a &#8220;duty to all is a duty to no one&#8221;.[1] The legislative intent exception applies where the terms of a statute evidence a clear intent to identify and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Duty Doctrine</title>

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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 14:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To prove a claim for injury the injury victim must prove the existence of a duty and breach of the duty. In Washington the state Supreme Court has adopted the public duty doctrine.[1] If the injury claim is against a non-federal governmental entity the injury claimant must prove there was a duty specific to the [...]]]></description>
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