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TIGMAN v. ACCIDENT & MEDICAL INVEST

Nos. 45837-0-I, 45885-0-I, 45886-8-I, 46085-4-I.

30 P.3d 8 (2001)

107 Wash.App. 868

Maria TEGMAN, Linda Leszynski and Daina Calixto, Respondents, v. ACCIDENT & MEDICAL INVESTIGATIONS, INC., a Washington corporation, Richard McClellan and Jane Doe McClellan, individually and as husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof; Joy A. Brown and John Doe Brown, individually and as husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof; Michael D. Hoyt and John Doe Hoyt, individually and as husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof; James P. Bailey and Jane Doe Bailey, individually and as husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof; Camille H. Jescavage and John Doe Jescavage, individually and as husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof, Defendants, Deloris M. Mullen and John Doe Mullen, individually and as husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof; Lorinda S. Noble and John Doe Noble, individually and as husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

August 13, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd Frost Fulle, Clinton, Lorinda Sue Noble, Colville, for Appellants.

Gregory Lucas & Mona Smith, Bellevue, for Respondents.

PUBLISHED IN PART

BECKER, A.C.J.

When a paralegal performs legal services with knowledge that there is no supervising attorney responsible for the case, the paralegal will be held to an attorney's standard of care. Attorneys have a duty to keep their clients informed about material developments in their cases. The trial court found that Deloris Mullen, a paralegal, and Lorinda Noble, an attorney, while employed by...

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