WATSON v. MAIER

No. 13781-0-II.

64 Wn. App. 889 (1992)

827 P.2d 311

WALTER WATSON, Appellant, v. CHARLES MAIER, ET AL, Defendants, JOHN DOE DUNLEY, ET AL, Respondents.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

April 7, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. DeJean, for appellant.

M. Colleen Barrett and Julin, Fosso, Sage, McBride & Mason, for respondents.


ALEXANDER, J.

A famous lawyer once said: "`[a]bout half of the practice of a decent lawyer is telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should stop.'"1 Consistent with that admonition, CR 11 allows courts to sanction lawyers who do not know when to stop. In this case, an attorney filed a suit against a dentist for medical malpractice who was not present during the operation where the alleged malpractice occurred. The trial...

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