Legal Opinion
Morris v. Swedish Health Services
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided January 20, 2009No. 61467-3-IPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGrosse, J.
¶1 A written request for good faith mediation of a dispute regarding medical malpractice tolls the statute of limitations for one year. A dismissal of a previous medical malpractice action in the same matter does not bar a defendant from taking advantage of the tolling of the statute of limitations. Here, the defendant made a request for mediation within the original statutory time limits and thus is entitled to the one-year tolling of the statute of limitations. We reverse the trial court’s dismissal of the suit as time barred.
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¶2 Daniel Morris sued Swedish Medical Center and HRN…
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