Opening statements expected in wrongful death trial after protestor was struck, killed on Washington freeway

Attorneys for Summer Taylor’s family allege that the state could have done more to protect protestors who shut down an I-5 off-ramp on July 4, 2020.

SEATTLE — A wrongful death lawsuit over the death of Summer Taylor, a protestor who was struck and killed by a car on Interstate 5 in July of 2020, is expected to begin with opening statements in Seattle on Monday. 

Taylor was protesting against police brutality on a section of I-5 in downtown Seattle on July 4, 2020, when a motorist who had accessed a closed portion of the roadway ran into the group, striking Taylor and another person,

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