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MEYER v. DEMPCY

No. 17280-8-I.

48 Wn. App. 798 (1987)

740 P.2d 383

DOROTHY MEYER, Individually and as Personal Representative, Appellant, v. BIRNEY N. DEMPCY, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

August 10, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip A. Talmadge, Bruce E. Larson, and Karr, Tuttle, Koch, Campbell, Mawer & Morrow, for appellant.

H. Graham Gaiser and Gaiser & Tibbs, for respondent.

PEKELIS, J.

Dorothy Meyer, as personal representative of her husband's estate and as a surviving spouse (hereinafter the Meyers), sued their attorney, Birney N. Dempcy, for legal malpractice. In their complaint, the Meyers contended that Dempcy's failure to advise Mrs. Meyer to probate her husband's estate subjected the estate to medical malpractice claims 5 years after his death. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Dempcy on grounds that (1) the...

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