Woods v. Bailet

Allie Woods sued her doctors for operating on her without her informed consent. The trial court dismissed the case because Woods failed to first file a claim with the doctors’ employer, a public development authority organized as a public corporation and created by the City of Seattle. We affirm because we hold that the doctors’ employer was a “local governmental entity” as that term was defined by RCW 4.96.010 at the time this lawsuit was filed, and Woods was required to file a claim before suing the entity or its employees acting within the scope of their employment. We further hold that…