Soter v. Cowles Publishing Co.

Supreme Court of Washington · Decided 2007-12-27

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¶1 Bridge, J. Nine-year-old Nathan Walters died after ingesting part of a peanut butter cookie, which was served to him in a school lunch on a school field trip. The school district had been aware that Nathan was severely allergic to peanuts, but it did not provide him with a special lunch, nor did school personnel administer epinephrine soon enough to prevent his death. The school district undertook an investiga…

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