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GRIMSBY v. SAMSON

No. 43163.

85 Wn.2d 52 (1975)

530 P.2d 291

ARNE M. GRIMSBY, Appellant, v. WERNER E. SAMSON et al, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 9, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Sullivan & Associates and Daniel F. Sullivan and Joan Smith Lawrence, for appellant.

Williams, Lanza, Kastner & Gibbs and Fred M. Zeder and Henry Kastner, for respondent Samson.

Lycette, Diamond & Sylvester, by Earle W. Zinn and John Petrie, for respondent Ballard Community Hospital.

STAFFORD, J.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a complaint for failure to state a claim.

Appellant Arne M. Grimsby (plaintiff) filed a claim for damages based upon the "tort of outrage" said to have arisen out of his wife's death. Decedent's physician, Dr. Werner E. Samson, and the Ballard Community Hospital, where decedent met her death, were named as defendants.

Plaintiff alleged he was the husband of the decedent and that a patient-physician...

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