29 chapters · 439 sections in this title.
RCW 4.20.005 Wrongful death—Application of terms.
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Words in RCW 4.20.010, 4.20.020, and 4.20.030 denoting the singular shall be understood as belonging to a plurality of persons or things. The masculine shall apply also to the feminine, and the word person shall also apply to bodies politic and corporate.[ 1917 c 123 s 3; RRS s 1…
RCW 4.20.010 Wrongful death—Right of action.
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(1) When the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of another person, his or her personal representative may maintain an action against the person causing the death for the economic and noneconomic damages sustained by the beneficiaries listed in RC…
RCW 4.20.020 Wrongful death—Beneficiaries of action.
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Every action under RCW 4.20.010 shall be for the benefit of the spouse, state registered domestic partner, child or children, including stepchildren, of the person whose death shall have been so caused. If there is no spouse, state registered domestic partner, or such child or ch…
RCW 4.20.030 Workers' compensation act not affected.
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RCW 4.20.005, 4.20.010, and 4.20.020 shall not repeal or supersede chapter 74 of the Laws of 1911 [Title 51 RCW] and acts amendatory thereof, or any part thereof.[ 1917 c 123 s 5; RRS s 183-3.]
RCW 4.20.046 Survival of actions.
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(1) All causes of action by a person or persons against another person or persons shall survive to the personal representatives of the former and against the personal representatives of the latter, whether such actions arise on contract or otherwise, and whether or not such actio…
RCW 4.20.050 Action not abated by death or disability if it survives—Substitution.
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No action shall abate by the death, marriage, or other disability of the party, or by the transfer of any interest therein, if the cause of action survives or continues; but the court may at any time within one year thereafter, on motion, allow the action to be continued by or ag…
RCW 4.20.060 Action for personal injury survives.
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(1) No action for a personal injury to any person occasioning death shall abate, nor shall such right of action terminate, by reason of such death, if such person has a surviving spouse, state registered domestic partner, or child living, including stepchildren, or if leaving no …