CLARE v. SABERHAGEN HOLDINGS, INC.

No. 52871-8-I.

123 P.3d 465 (2005)

129 Wash.App. 599

Randall L. CLARE, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Clifford S. Clare, Appellant, v. SABERHAGEN HOLDINGS, INC., as successor to Tacoma Asbestos Company and The Brower Company; General Motors Corporation, Respondents, Bartells Asbestos Settlement Trust; Combustion Engineering, Inc.; Dana Corporation; Dresser Industries, Inc. (f/k/a Worthington Corp. and successor-in-interest to Worthington Corporation); Halliburton Company, a Subsidiary of Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.; Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.; Rapid-American Corporation; Honeywell International Inc., successor-in-interest to Allied Signal, Inc.; Genuine Parts Company; Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc.; Hanson Permanente Cement, Inc. f/k/a Kaiser Cement Corporation; Maremont Corporation; and Union Carbide Corporation, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered March 10, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Bergman, Meg Pageler, David Frockt, Bergman Senn Pageler & Frockt, for Appellant.

Bradford Patrick, Theodore Preg, Preg O'Donnell & Gillett PLLC, Timothy Thorson, Carney Badley Spellman, Seattle, for Respondents.


GROSSE, J.

¶ 1 By the time of his father's death, Randall L. Clare, individually and as the personal representative of the Estate of Clifford S. Clare, either knew or should have known of the essential elements of the product liability, negligence, wrongful death, and survivorship claims arising from that death. Because this action was not filed for a period of almost six years, the claims are barred by the applicable three-year statute of limitations. Summary...

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