Vodopest v. MacGregor

128 Wn.2d 840 (1996)

913 P.2d 779

PATRICIA VODOPEST, Petitioner,

v.

ROSEMARY MacGREGOR, Respondent.

No. 62553-1.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 28, 1996.

Schroeter, Goldmark & Bender, P.S., by William J. Rutzick, for petitioner.

Kraft, Kimbrough & Ganz, by Joseph J. Ganz, for respondent.

Bryan P. Harnetiaux, Gary N. Bloom, and Debra L. Stephens on behalf of Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, amicus curiae.

GUY, J.

This case involves a summary judgment which dismissed a negligence action based on an exculpatory clause in a preinjury release. We are faced with the question whether…