ESTATE OF TEMPLETON v. DAFFERN

No. 23111-5-II.

990 P.2d 968 (2000)

98 Wash.App. 677

ESTATE OF BRUCE TEMPLETON, by and through its personal representative, Gloria TEMPLETON; Gloria Templeton; and the Estate of Travis P. Templeton, by and through its personal representative, Gloria Templeton, Appellant, v. Stan DAFFERN and Jean Daffern, husband and wife; Dan Daffern and "Jane Doe" Daffern, husband and wife, Rick Hanson and "Jane Doe" Hanson, husband and wife; and Mike Vaardahl and "Jane Doe" Vaardahl," husband and wife, Respondents, Jim Collens and Karen Collens, husband and wife; Lisa Scheffler and "John Doe" Scheffler, wife and husband, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

Reconsideration Denied February 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold B. Field, Murray Dunham Murray, Seattle, William John Murphy, Federal Way, Klaus Otto Snyder, Sumner, for Respondents.

Brett Andrews Purtzer, Law Offices of Monte Hester, Tacoma, for Appellant.

Mike Vaardahl, Orting, Pro Se.


MORGAN, J.

We are asked to decide whether a social host who does not furnish alcohol to a minor, but who permits the minor to consume on the host's premises alcohol obtained elsewhere, owes to the minor a common law duty of reasonable care. Answering no, we affirm the trial court's grant of summary judgment to the defendants.

In September 1994, Stan and Jean Daffern owned property improved with a house and nearby cabin. They lived in the house. Their son Dan...

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