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GLOVER v. TACOMA GENERAL HOSP.

No. 48506-2.

98 Wn.2d 708 (1983)

658 P.2d 1230

CATHERINE GLOVER, as Guardian, Respondent, v. TACOMA GENERAL HOSPITAL, Petitioner, MARTHA COWGILL, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

February 10, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reed, McClure, Moceri & Thonn, P.S., by Kathy A. Cochran, for petitioner.

Daniel F. Sullivan & Associates, by Daniel F. Sullivan, Thomas R. Golden, Phillip Offenbacker, and Mary Ellen Goodwin, for respondent Glover.

Williams, Lanza, Kastner & Gibbs, by Mary H. Spillane, for respondents Cowgill, et al.

Billett, Comfort & Rosenow, by Allan R. Billett and Todd M. Worswick, for respondents Backup, et al.

Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller, by C. William Bailey, C. Danny Clem, Prosecuting Attorney for Kitsap County, and Patricia K. Schafer, Deputy, amici curiae.

CUNNINGHAM, J.*

Petitioner challenges a superior court judge's denial of summary judgment and approval of a settlement pursuant to the terms of Washington's contribution statute, RCW 4.22.040-.920. The case presents issues of first impression regarding the tort reform act, Laws of 1981, ch. 27 (hereinafter the Act). For the reasons discussed below, we remand for entry of partial summary judgment on the issue of vicarious liability and...

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