PERKINS v. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

No. 31349-5-I.

72 Wn. App. 149 (1993)

864 P.2d 398

LYNNE PERKINS, Respondent, v. CHILDREN'S ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL, Appellant. CAROL THIELKE, Individually and as Guardian ad Litem, Respondent, v. CHILDREN'S ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL, Appellant.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

December 27, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heather Houston and Gibbs & Houston; William R. Hickman and Reed McClure; Dinah C. Pomeroy and Rosenow-Johnson-Graffe-Keay-Pomeroy-Monez, for appellant.

Anthony A. Russo and Russo & Graham; Scott E. Stafne and Stafne & Doyle, for respondents.


FORREST, J.

This appeal presents two issues. First, is the rule set forth in Glover,1 that the release of a solvent agent releases a principal from claims based on vicarious liability for the negligence of the released agent, still a viable theory in this state? Second, if so, in a case where dual agency exists, does the release of one principal and its "agents", without specifically naming them, release the agents and extinguish...

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