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CAUGHELL v. GROUP HEALTH COOPERATIVE OF PUGET SOUND

No. 59973-4.

124 Wn.2d 217 (1994)

876 P.2d 898

CLAUDETTE CAUGHELL, ET AL, Appellants, v. GROUP HEALTH COOPERATIVE OF PUGET SOUND, et al, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 21, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwards, Sieh, Wiggins & Hathaway, by Charles K. Wiggins and Catherine W. Smith; Nelson Anderson Krafchick, by Steven P. Krafchick, for appellants.

Rosenow, Johnson, Graffe, Keay, Pomeroy & Moniz, by John C. Graffe and D. Jeffrey Burnham, for respondents.

Bryan P. Harnetiaux and Gregg L. Tinker on behalf of Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, amicus curiae for appellants.

GUY, J.

More than 50 years ago, the Oregon Supreme Court concluded that continuing negligent medical treatment "constituted but a single cause of action. Where the tort is continuing, the right of action is continuing." Hotelling v. Walther, 169 Or. 559, 565, 130 P.2d 944 (1942). We reach the same conclusion today. Plaintiff Claudette Caughell alleges that her doctor committed medical malpractice by negligently prescribing Etrafon, an antidepressant and antipsychotic...

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