Parker v. Clinic

Dr. Michael Parker practiced medicine with three partners. Parker and two of his medical partners also owned the Tumwater Family Practice Clinic’s (Clinic) building in a partnership. The medical partners expelled Parker under the partnership “without cause” provision even though he had notified the partners that he might be entitled to disability benefits as authorized by the partnership agreement. On the same day the medical partners expelled Parker from the medical practice, the building partnership — without consulting Parker as required by the building partnership agreement — lowered the…