Legal Opinion
O'DONOGHUE v. Riggs
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 9, 1968No. 39172PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ward, J. †
This is the second appearance in this court of the Helen M. O’Donoghue claim for damages. Her first action was brought against the state of Washington under the tort claims act, RCW 4.92. In that action, she claimed she suffered personal injuries while she was a patient in the Eastern State Hospital at Medical Lake, for which the state of Washington was liable. That action, however, was dismissed by the trial court on account of her failure to file a timely claim against the state as required by the provisions of RCW 4.92, and that disposition of the case was affirmed by this court…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- O'DONOGHUE v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1965
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