Elliott v. Peterson

92 Wn.2d 586 (1979)

599 P.2d 1282

RALPH D. ELLIOTT, as Administrator, Respondent,

v.

C. DIRK PETERSON, ET AL, Petitioners.

No. 45964.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

September 13, 1979.

James R. Dickens (of Karr, Tuttle, Koch, Campbell, Mawer & Morrow, P.S.), for petitioners.

Kenneth D. VanDerhoef (of Geraghty & VanDerhoef), for respondent.

ROSELLINI, J.

In this action, the plaintiff seeks damages for the death of his wife, allegedly resulting from negligence of the defendant dentists. The controversy was before this court earlier in Elliott v. Kundahl, 89 Wn.2d 639, 574 P.2d 732 (1978), where…