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ADAMS v. KING COUNTY

No. 81028-1.

192 P.3d 891 (2008)

Nancy ADAMS and Matthew, Adams, wife and husband, Appellants, v. KING COUNTY, a municipal corporation; Stanley Medical Research Institute, a foreign corporation; and E. Fuller Torrey, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided September 25, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Louis Bulzomi, Jeremy Adam Johnston, Messina Bulzomi Christensen, University Place, for Appellants.

Grant Steven Degginger, June Kaiser Campbell, Ryan P. McBride, Lane Powell PC, Seattle, for Respondents.

OWENS, J.

¶ 1 This case presents the issue of whether a person who makes an undesignated anatomical gift by signing an organ donor card authorizes only a hospital to accept such a gift. We hold that the former Washington Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (WAGA), RCW 68.50.520-.620, repealed by Laws of 2008, ch. 139, § 31, .901-.903, allows only hospitals to accept an undesignated anatomical gift. Furthermore, we hold that while the WAGA does not provide...

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