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Wash. Rev. Code § 68.50.015 (2026)

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A county coroner or county medical examiner or persons acting in that capacity shall be immune from civil liability for determining the cause and manner of death. The accuracy of the determinations is subject to judicial review.
[ 1987 c 263 s 1.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 2008–2019 · leading case: Thompson v. Wilson, 175 P.3d 1149 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008).
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Thompson v. Wilson, 175 P.3d 1149 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 16× “¶ 1 Barbara Thompson appeals the trial court's order of summary judgment dismissing her petition based on the statute of limitations for (1) judicial review under RCW 68.50.015, (2) a writ of Mandamus, (3) a writ of certiorari, and (4) declaratory judgment relief.”
Thompson v. Wilson, 142 Wash. App. 803 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 15× “¶1 — Barbara Thompson appeals the trial court’s order of summary judgment dismissing her petition based on the statute of limitations for (1) judicial review under RCW 68.50.015, (2) a writ of mandamus, (3) a writ of certiorari, and (4) declaratory judgment relief.”
Newlon v. Alexander, 272 P.3d 903 (Wash. Ct. App. 2012). “See RCW 68.50.015 (providing that the accuracy of a coroner's findings can be challenged), 68.”
In re the Marriage of Newlon, 167 Wash. App. 195 (Wash. Ct. App. 2012). “See RCW 68.50.015 (providing that the accuracy of a coroner’s findings can be challenged), .”
Keith Dahl v. Gina Fino & Pac. Nw Forensic Pathologists (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 4× “Fino argues that the trial court erred because (1) she is entitled to immunity from civil liability for performing a statutorily authorized autopsy using the undisputed method and procedure for “determining the cause and manner of death” as provided by RCW 68.50.015, (2) she did…”
Ronald Reynolds v. Lewis Cnty., 700 F. App'x 747 (9th Cir. 2017). “Wash. Rev. Code § 68.50.015 (2011). Finally, summary judgment was proper as to Reynolds’s claims against the County under Monell v.”
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