Baker v. Hilton

[64 Wash2d Page 964] Petitioner seeks certiorari to review the denial of a motion for a change of venue from Pierce County to Yakima County in a suit arising from an intersection automobile collision in Yakima County in which three persons were killed. A total of five suits arising out of this [64 Wash2d Page 965] collision have been filed, three in Yakima County and two in Pierce County. This appeal concerns one of the Pierce County lawsuits. The defendant, petitioner herein, is the executrix of the estate of one driver, and the plaintiff is the executrix of the estate of a passenger in that driver's car. Both of the decedents and the two executrices resided in Pierce County.