Whalen v. American Medical Response Northwest, Inc.

Plaintiff brought this action for battery against a medical response business and its parent company, as well as a paramedic employed by the business, asserting that the paramedic had committed a battery upon her by touching her sexually during an ambulance transport. Defendants moved for summary judgment, and the trial court granted their motion on two independent grounds: (1) that plaintiffs claim was barred by the applicable statute of limitations; and (2) that plaintiff had failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to occurrence of the battery, which she could not remember.…