Legal Opinion
Adams v. King County
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 25, 2008No. 81028-1PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOwens, J.
¶1 This case presents the issue of whether a person who makes an undesignated anatomical gift by signing an organ donor card authorizes only a hospital to accept such a gift. We hold that the former Washington Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (WAGA), RCW 68.50.520-.620 (1993), repealed by Laws of 2008, ch. 139, § 31, RCW 68.50-.901-.903, allows only hospitals to accept an undesignated anatomical gift. Furthermore, we hold that while the WAGA does not provide a statutory cause of action, unauthorized use of an organ is actionable under common law theories of recovery.
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2Cases cited28 opinions
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