Blogger’s Note: This is a continuing feature on the blog
that will provide synopses to recently filed Kitsap
County lawsuits.
A Bainbridge couple is suing a Kitsap County man after an
altercation in the island’s ferry parking lot on January 5, 2008
following a Seattle Seahawks game, according to documents filed in
Kitsap County Superior Court.
The plaintiffs allege that they’d had dinner in Seattle and were walking off the ferry when they encountered the defendant, who was returning from the city as well after attending a Seahawks game. Plaintiff and defendant did not know each other. The defendant had been drinking, the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit claims the defendant “made physical contact” with the husband (in the plaintiffs’ party) and “threw or pushed him to the ground.” When the husband got back on his feet, the defendant allegedly said something like, “You want me to do that again?” the lawsuit said.
The plaintiffs bring several causes of action in the case, including assault, battery and negligence. The husband suffered a fracture of his spine in the incident, the lawsuit alleges, and has “incurred expenses for medical treatment … and has experienced pain, suffering, disability, humiliation, loss of enjoyment of life, lost wages, loss of earning capacity, and other damages all in an amount to be proven at trial.”
The wife in the plaintiff’s party “feared for her physical well-being and safety,” and “suffered emotional distress.”
The plaintiffs did not include an exact amount of money they were seeking.
Kitsap County prosecutors did file an assault charge against the defendant in the lawsuit on Jan. 10, 2008 in Bainbridge Island Municipal Court. But it was later dismissed, according to court staff.
