Opinion
No. 35393.
December 8, 1960.
Appeal from an order of the Superior Court for Cowlitz County, No. 24358, J.R. Callahan, J., entered August 7, 1959, granting a new trial to the plaintiff, after a verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action for personal injuries. Appeal dismissed.
Atwell, Moore Walstead, for appellants.
Edgar P. Reid, for respondent.
Margarete Potter sued for personal injuries. A new trial was granted because of an instruction thought to be erroneous. The original plaintiff died after the trial from causes not connected with the accident. The action for personal injuries does not survive. The appeal is moot, and is, therefore, dismissed upon the authority of RCW 4.20.060 and Boyd v. Sibold, 7 Wn.2d 279, 109 P.2d 535, without prejudice, however, to any action for the benefit of statutory survivors or dependents.