Estate of Ian Simmers v. County of King, et al.

Seattle, Washington, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim.



After confessing to the crime, Ian Simmers was convicted in 1996 in the

Superior Court of Washington for King County for first-degree murder when he

was sixteen years old. Decades later, Simmers moved for a new trial. In response,

the State moved to vacate the conviction, which the court granted. Simmers

subsequently filed this lawsuit, claiming that officers involved in the murder

investigation coerced his confession and fabricated evidence against him in

violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, resulting in his wrongful conviction. After Simmers

passed away, his mother was appointed as the administrator of his Estate, which

was substituted as plaintiff in the suit.

Summary judgment granted.



Affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded.