Winbun v. Moore

Under RCW 4.16.350(3), a professional negligence claim against a health care provider—absent “proof of fraud, intentional concealment, or a foreign body not intended to have a therapeutic or diagnostic purpose or effect”—must be brought (1) within three years of the alleged injury-causing act or omission, or (2) within one year from the time the plaintiff discovers or with due diligence reasonably should have discovered that the injury was caused by the act or omission, whichever is later. In this case, it is undisputed that Gail Winbun and her husband did not file their cause of action…