Patterson v. Winthrop-Breon Laboratories

ORDER

ROBERT J. McNICHOLS, Chief Judge.

On July 30, 1986 plaintiff, a Washington resident, filed this action in Chelan County Superior Court naming only WinthropBreon Laboratories [WBL], a foreign corporation, as a defendant.1 On that same date, plaintiff entered into a stipulation with a local hospital, Central Washington Health Services [CWHS]. The gist of that agreement was that plaintiff would be given a period of time in which to conduct independent tests on a drug manufactured by WBL and administered to her while under the care of CWHS before deciding whether to join the hospital. In…