Lindquist v. Mullen

The trial court sustained defendant’s demurrer. Plaintiff appeals from the judgment of dismissal.

Appellant contends the trial court erred in holding that her action was barred by the three-year statute of limitations. RCW 4.16.080(2) [cf. Rem. Rev. Stat. (Sup.), § 159].

The action is predicated upon the negligence of a physician, who will be referred to herein as if he were the sole *676respondent. On February 1, 1946, he performed operations upon appellant’s gall bladder and hernia. He left a surgical sponge in the hernia incision, which prevented it from healing properly for over seven years.…