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.
RCW 68.50.015
Immunity for determining cause and manner of death—Judicial review of determination.
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Thompson v. Wilson (2008)
Most recently applied in 700 F. App'x 747 - Ronald Reynolds v. Lewis County (November 2017)
1987 c 263 s 1.
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