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GILBERT v. SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER

No. 60570-0.

900 P.2d 552 (1995)

127 Wash.2d 370

Larry and Cynthia GILBERT, as guardians ad litem of Laura Gilbert, a minor, Appellants, v. SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER, a Washington corporation; Shigeo Nishimura, M.D. and Jane Doe Nishimura, husband and wife; Spokane Obstetrics and Gynecology; Bruce Hopkins, M.D. and Jane Doe Hopkins, husband and wife; Kennard J. Kapstafer, M.D. and Jane Doe Kapstafer, husband and wife; and John Does, 1-10, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

August 10, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richter, Wimberley, Ericson, Woods & Brown, Daniel Huntington, Spokane, Robert Drummond, Spokane, for appellant.

Chase, Hayes & Kalamon, Richard Hayes, Christine Weaver, Spokane, WA, Witherspoon, Kelley, Davenport & Toole, William Symmes, Brian Rekofke, Spokane, Keefe, King & Bowman, Dan Keefe, Christopher Kerley, Spokane, Etter & McMahon, William Etter, Stephen Lamberson, Spokane, for respondent.

Perkins & Coie, Jeffrey Tilden, Elizabeth A. Alaniz, Seattle, for amicus curiae for Liability Reform Coalition.

Bryan P. Harnetiaux, Spokane, Gary N. Bloom, Spokane, for amicus curiae for Washington State Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Barbara Shickich, Seattle, for amicus curiae for Washington State Hospital Ass'n.

MADSEN, Justice.

Plaintiffs Larry and Cynthia Gilbert, as guardians of their daughter, Laura, appeal the dismissal of their medical malpractice action against the defendant medical care providers. The trial court dismissed the action on the grounds that it is barred by the statute of limitations in RCW 4.16.350. At issue here is the propriety of that ruling.

Laura Gilbert was born at Sacred Heart Medical Center on June 19, 1977, by way of emergency caesarean...

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