# Hunter v. North Mason School Dist.

> Washington Supreme Court · September 11, 1975 · 85 Wash. 2d 810

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9537093

## Case

- **Full name:** Gerald Hunter, Jr., Respondent, v. North Mason High School and School District No. 403, Petitioner
- **Court:** Washington Supreme Court
- **Decided:** September 11, 1975
- **Citations:** 85 Wash. 2d 810; 539 P.2d 845; 1975 Wash. LEXIS 933
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Wright
- **Judges:** Stafford, Finley, Rosellini, Hunter, Brachtenbach, Horowitz, Hamilton, Wright
- **Cited by:** 100 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that nonclaim statutes requiring victims of governmental torts to give notice of their claims within a short period after they arise bear no rational relationship to the legislature’s goals of ensuring that large governmental institutions are notified of claims or faci…
- rejecting dictum in prior decision that a statute similar to section 613A.5 did not violate equal protection

## Opinion text

Wright, J.
(concurring in the result) — I concur in the result reached by the majority.
I would adhere to the opinion of the Court of Appeals in this matter. Hunter v. North Mason High School, 12 Wn. App. 304 , 529 P.2d 898 (1974). I further accept the reasoning therein.
I find it impossible to agree with the dissent herein when applied to a minor.
*821 On the other hand, I feel bound by the decision of a majority of this court in Cook v. State, 83 Wn.2d 599 , 521 P.2d 725 (1974) and, therefore, cannot agree with the majority herein.
Hamilton, J., concurs with Wright, J.

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