Washington State Courts - Supreme Court Calendar - January 22, 1997
January 22, 1997
| 9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
Wednesday, January 22, 1997 |
| Case No. 1 - 64099-8 |
Counsel |
Joan Duke
v.
Dr. Herschell Boyd & Marili Boyd |
David Middaugh
John Cook & Lisa Hollomon |
Whether a plaintiff's medical malpractice suit against an opthalmologist, brought ten years after the negligently performed eye surgery, is barred by the statute of limitations when the plaintiff alleges the doctor fraudulently misrepresented the risks of the procedure and intentionally concealed the fact that the procedure had not achieved successful results in numerous other patients.
| Case No. 2 - 64131-5 |
Counsel |
John Doe
v.
John G. Finch & John G. Fiinch, Ph.D., PS
|
David Summers
Robert Roche & Monica Fernandez |
Where the RCW 4.16.350 limitation period for a medical malpratice claim was tolled by the defendant psychologist's intentional concealment of his relationship with the plaintiff's spouse, did the limitation period begin to run again when the plaintiff first accused the defendant of malpractice, or ten years later when the plaintiff's spouse admitted to her relationship with the defendant?
1:30 P.M.
| Case No. 3 - 64471-3 |
Counsel |
Edmund W. Littlefield, Jr.
v.
Charissa L. D. Littlefield
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Charles Wiggins
Frank Birkholtz
Catherine Smith & Howard Goodfriend |
Whether a trial court has the power to order the primary residential parent of a young child to relocate from California to Washington in order to facilitate frequent contact between the child and the other parent.
These summaries are not formulated by the Court and are provided for the convenience of the public only.
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