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GUNNIER v. YAKIMA HEART CENTER, INC.

No. 65253-8.

953 P.2d 1162 (1998)

134 Wash.2d 854

Robin L. GUNNIER, individually and as guardian for Joshua Hastings, Jamie Gunnier, Edward Gunnier, Jr., and Leah Gunnier, her minor children, Appellant, v. YAKIMA HEART CENTER, INC., P.S., and Richard K. Spiegel, M.D., Respondents, and John F. Harrington, M.D., Defendant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided April 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sullivan & Golden, Donovan Flora, Seattle, for Appellant.

Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, Mary H. Spillane, Seattle, West H. Campbell, Yakima, for Respondents.

MADSEN, Justice.

At issue in this medical malpractice action is whether the statute of limitations bars plaintiff's suit. Plaintiff urges the court to hold that the three-year limitations period in RCW 4.16.350(3) does not begin to run until injury occurs, regardless how long it has been since the act or omission causing the injury took place. She alternatively argues that the statutes of limitations should be equitably tolled or that the intentional concealment tolling...

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