# Hunter v. North Mason School Dist.

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

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9537094

## 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:** Dissent by Stafford
- **Judges:** Stafford, Finley, Rosellini, Hunter, Brachtenbach, Horowitz, Hamilton, Wright
- **Cited by:** 100 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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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

Stafford, C.J.
(dissenting) — I dissent. Once again the majority has chosen to ignore the clear dictate of Const. art. 2, § 26 which provides:
The legislature shall direct by law, in what manner, and in what courts, suits may be brought against the state.
(Italics mine.) My objection to the action taken by the majority has been stated in both Cook v. State, 83 Wn.2d 599 , 521 P.2d 725 (1974) and Shafer v. State, 83 Wn.2d 618 , 521 P.2d 736 (1974). Nothing will be gained by repeating it.

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