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TEETER v. LAWSON

No. 3813-II.

25 Wn. App. 560 (1980)

610 P.2d 925

JOYCE TEETER, Respondent, v. HARRY D. LAWSON, ET AL, Appellants.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

March 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.A. Napolitano, for appellants.

Al Lirhus, for respondent.

PEARSON, J.

Dr. Lawson appeals the trial court's dismissal of his statute of limitation defense. The issue is whether the 1971 medical malpractice statute of limitation, RCW 4.16.350, abrogated the "discovery rule" as it was announced by the Supreme Court in Ruth v. Dight, 75 Wn.2d 660, 453 P.2d 631 (1969). We agree with the trial court that the legislature altered the common-law "discovery...

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