Winbun v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “[a] second year medical student would have been sent back to college had he written orders like this for a patient in Mrs. Winbun's condition.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Winbun v. Moore · Winbun v. Moore

2. “Notably, the statute does not reference the point in time that the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered the alleged tortfeasor's identity. Instead, it references the point in time that the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered that his or her injury was caused by medical malpractice. We conclude that RCW 4.16.350(3) does not toll the statute of limitations until one year after the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered the alleged tortfeasor's identity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Winbun v. Moore

3. “[W]hen relying on RCW 4.16.350(3)'s delayed discovery rule, a plaintiff must investigate and identify all possible defendants within one year of when the plaintiff first suspects that his or her injuries were caused by medical malpractice: "The identity of the practitioner who committed the alleged malpractice is one of the facts that the plaintiff must investigate, and discover, once she has reason to believe that she is the victim of medical malpractice."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Winbun v. Moore