Mammoth Medical, Inc. v. Bunnell

Opinion of the Court by

Justice SCOTT.

The Court of Appeals denied CR 76.36 relief to Mammoth Medical, Inc. (“Mammoth”), a medical supply distributor who petitioned for a writ of prohibition, seeking dismissal of a declaratory judgment action brought against it by the law firm Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC (“SKO”). The writ was filed after SKO took preemptive action by seeking a declaration of non-liability for Mammoth’s potential legal malpractice claim, asserting lack of causation as a defense. Mammoth appeals the denial of the writ as a matter of right pursuant to CR 76.36(7).

The principal issue…