Deggs v. Asbestos Corp.

¶40 (dissenting) — Relying on Calhoun v. Washington Veneer Co., 170 Wash. 152, 15 P.2d 943 (1932), and Grant v. Fisher Flouring Mills Co., 181 Wash. 576, 44 P.2d 193 (1935), the majority concludes that “the accrual of the wrongful death action was preempted by either the earlier judgment against [Asbestos Corporation Limited] or the expiration of the statute of limitations on [Roy] Sundberg’s underlying claims against the rest of the respondents.” Majority at 508. Because I believe that these *512cases have since been overtaken by more recent Supreme Court decisions, and because the majority’s…