Kelley v. Centennial Contractors Enterprises, Inc.

¶1 —In 1984, we held that a child may maintain a lawsuit for loss of parental consortium. Ueland v. Pengo Hydra-Pull Corp., 103 Wn.2d 131, 691 P.2d 190 (1984).1 We, however, expressed the concern that such claims might result in multiple lawsuits, requiring relitigation of issues that had been litigated in the injured parent’s underlying lawsuit. We, therefore, determined that a child’s claim for loss of parental consortium must be joined with the injured parent’s claim, unless the child can show that joinder was “not feasible.” Id. at 137. In the instant case, three minor children commenced…