STATE v. NEHER

No. 55668-7.

112 Wn.2d 347 (1989)

771 P.2d 330

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. THOMAS ALLAN NEHER, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

April 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bianchi, Berzins & Bianchi, P.S., by Peter Berzins, for petitioner.

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, and Ellen O'Neill-Stephens, Deputy, for respondent.


BRACHTENBACH, J.

At issue is whether the vehicular assault statute requires that the defendant's actions in driving recklessly or while intoxicated be the sole proximate cause of serious bodily injury to another, or whether that conduct can be one of two or more proximate causes. We hold that the vehicular assault statute does not require that the defendant's actions be the sole proximate cause of the injury. We affirm the Court of Appeals, which affirmed defendant...

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