State Supreme Court / Wash.

Smith v. Shannon

Decided June 30, 1983. Robert F. Utter wrote the opinion for the court.

666 P.2d 351 · Cited 220 times

Official text

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

ZeBarth v. Swedish Hospital Medical Center · 499 P.2d 1
Brown v. Safeway Stores, Inc. · 617 P.2d 704
State v. Wicke · 591 P.2d 452
Estate of Ryder v. Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. · 587 P.2d 160
Schloendorff v. Society of the New York Hospital · 105 N.E. 92
Sorenson v. City of Bellingham · 496 P.2d 512
Wilkinson v. Vesey · 295 A.2d 676
Davis v. Department of Labor & Industries · 615 P.2d 1279
Seattle-First National Bank v. Shoreline Concrete Co. · 588 P.2d 1308
Maynard Inv. Co., Inc. v. McCann · 465 P.2d 657
Keogan v. Holy Family Hospital · 622 P.2d 1246
Gates v. Jensen · 595 P.2d 919
Bennett v. Department of Labor & Industries · 627 P.2d 104
Powers v. Hastings · 612 P.2d 371
Starnes v. Taylor · 158 S.E.2d 339
Yeates v. Harms · 393 P.2d 982
Shockley v. Travelers Insurance · 137 P.2d 117
Mattice v. Dunden · 75 P.2d 1014
Wilson v. Scott · 412 S.W.2d 299
Stottlemire v. Cawood · 213 F. Supp. 897

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

Pauscher v. Iowa Methodist Medical Center · 408 N.W.2d 355
Hondroulis v. Schuhmacher · 553 So. 2d 398
Villanueva v. Harrington · 906 P.2d 374
Backlund v. University of Washington · 975 P.2d 950
White v. Leimbach · 2011 Ohio 6238
In Re Detention of Ambers · 158 P.3d 1144
Backlund v. University of Washington · 137 Wash. 2d 651
Chadwick v. Nielsen · 763 P.2d 817
Hondroulis v. Schuhmacher · 531 So. 2d 450
State v. IKC · 248 P.3d 145
State v. Lazcano · 188 Wash. App. 338
Ainsworth v. Progressive Casualty Insurance · 180 Wash. App. 52
In re the Detention of Ambers · 160 Wash. 2d 543
Whiteside v. Lukson · 947 P.2d 1263
Sargent v. Seattle Police Deparment · 167 Wash. App. 1
Sargent v. SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT · 260 P.3d 1006
State v. Ward · 182 Wash. App. 574
State v. I.K.C. · 160 Wash. App. 660
State v. Sublett · 176 Wash. 2d 58
Hansen v. Friend · 824 P.2d 483
Patterson v. Patterson · 266 P.3d 828
McKee v. American Home Products Corp. · 782 P.2d 1045
In Re the Marriage of Hall · 692 P.2d 175
State v. Paumier · 176 Wash. 2d 29
Cox v. Spangler · 141 Wash. 2d 431

Explore from here

Robert F. Utter’s Judicial Record · Wash. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).