YOUNG v. KEY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

No. 54592-8.

112 Wn.2d 216 (1989)

770 P.2d 182

E. ROSA YOUNG, as Guardian, Appellant, v. KEY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Walsh, for appellant.

Carol Lee Moody and Philip A. Talmadge (of Karr, Tuttle, Koch, Campbell, Mawer, Morrow & Sax, P.S.), for respondent Key Pharmaceuticals.

Reed, McClure, Moceri, Thonn & Moriarty, by William R. Hickman and Heather Houston, for respondent Children's Orthopedic Hospital.

Lee, Smart, Cook, Martin & Patterson, P.S., by Jeffrey P. Downer, for respondents Bierman.

Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, by John A. Rosendahl and Elizabeth A. Christianson, for respondents Case.

Brian P. Harnetiaux, Robert H. Whaley, and Daniel E. Huntington on behalf of Washington Trial Lawyers Association, amici curiae for appellant.

Russell C. Love on behalf of Washington Defense Trial Lawyers, amici curiae for respondents.


UTTER, J.

Plaintiff brought this action for medical malpractice and product liability before the King County Superior Court. That court granted summary judgment of dismissal in favor of all the defendants, and plaintiff appealed to the Court of Appeals. Finding this case to present "urgent issues of broad public import requiring prompt and ultimate determination," the Court of Appeals certified the matter to this court under RCW 2.06.030(d).

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