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Insurance Law And Asbestosis—When Is Coverage Of A Progressive Diease Triggered?—Keene Corporation V. Insurance Company Of North America, 667 F.2d 1034 (D.C. Cir. 1981), Cert. Denied, 102 S. Ct. 1644 (1982), Rebecca Cochran Earnest
Insurance Law And Asbestosis—When Is Coverage Of A Progressive Diease Triggered?—Keene Corporation V. Insurance Company Of North America, 667 F.2d 1034 (D.C. Cir. 1981), Cert. Denied, 102 S. Ct. 1644 (1982), Rebecca Cochran Earnest
Washington Law Review
In Keene Corp. v. Insurance Co. of North America, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia integrated those approaches, holding that insurance coverage is triggered both by exposure to asbestos and by development and manifestation of a related disease. Each insurer covering any period during this process is liable for indemnification of the manufacturer and for defense costs. This liability is limited, however, to policy coverage, and many be reduced by the policy's other-insurance clause. The court also held that the manufacturer is not proportionately liable for the periods during which it was uninsured. Thus, the …
Contribution Among Tort-Feasors In Washington: The 1981 Tort Reform Act, Scott I. Anderson
Contribution Among Tort-Feasors In Washington: The 1981 Tort Reform Act, Scott I. Anderson
Washington Law Review
Contribution is the right of a tort-feasor who has paid an injured plaintiff to obtain partial reimbursement from others responsible for the injury. Until 1981 this right was not available to tort-feasors in Washington. With the 1981 Tort Reform Act, Washington joined forty-one other states in allowing contribution. This Comment analyzes the legislation creating and regulating contribution in Washington. It examines the nature and scope of the right to contribution and discusses the procedural aspects of the Act. The Comment closes with an analysis of the interaction of contribution rights and settlements, and concludes that the settlement provisions of the …
Washington's Useful Safe Life: Snipping Off The Long Tail Of Product Liability?, Bruce L. Schroeder
Washington's Useful Safe Life: Snipping Off The Long Tail Of Product Liability?, Bruce L. Schroeder
Washington Law Review
This Comment reviews the general law applicable to product liability claims. Next it analyzes the changes made by section. The Comment argues that it is doubtful whether section 7 will be able to achieve the legislature's desired goal of added certainty in product liability actions. The limited number of older claims, the limited spread of the law, and the use of a preponderance of the evidence test to overcome the twelve-year presumption stand as obstacles to achieving this end. Furthermore, this Comment argues that even if section 7 is successful in achieving its goal, the goal itself may be undesirable. …
News-Source Privilege In Libel Cases: A Critical Analysis, David Joseph Smith
News-Source Privilege In Libel Cases: A Critical Analysis, David Joseph Smith
Washington Law Review
This comment first examines the recent cases in which a libel plaintiff was impeded by the use of a qualified privilege from obtaining the identity of news sources behind an allegedly defamatory story. It next discusses the historical development of the constitutional news-source privilege and concludes that neither traditional first amendment press clause doctrine nor the United States Supreme Court's decision in Branzburg v. Hayes is authority for such a privilege. This comment then points out that courts which nonetheless recognize a constitutional news-source privilege in civil cases have given the same protection to all sources, regardless of the publication's …
Community Property—Washington Allows Separate Tort Recovery From Community Property—Deelche V. Jacobsen, 95 Wn. 2d 237, 622 P.2d 835 (1980), Elizabeth Jane Blagg
Community Property—Washington Allows Separate Tort Recovery From Community Property—Deelche V. Jacobsen, 95 Wn. 2d 237, 622 P.2d 835 (1980), Elizabeth Jane Blagg
Washington Law Review
With the deElche decision, Washington joined the majority of community property states, but did not address several important questions, which will be the subject of this note. This note begins by reviewing prior case law and the structure of community property ownership in general. An analysis of the majority and dissenting opinions in deElche follows. The majority's reasoning and the impact of the decision will then be analyzed. The note concludes that the deElche holding is basically sound, but that the lack of clarity in the opinion leaves several community property questions unsettled.
Actions For Loss Of Consortium In Washington: The Children Are Still Crying, Gino L. Gabrio
Actions For Loss Of Consortium In Washington: The Children Are Still Crying, Gino L. Gabrio
Washington Law Review
This comment examines the reasons advanced by Washington courts to deny children a cause of action for loss of parental consortium when a parent is negligently injured. It discusses the inconsistent positions that courts and legislatures have taken in awarding or refusing to award recovery for loss of consortium by various classes of plaintiffs, and argues that children, like parents and spouses, should also have a separate consortium action. This comment then proposes guidelines for legislation creating a child's consortium action that limits any dangers of permitting children to recover. Finally, this comment concludes that, if the legislature fails to …
The Lawsuit Lottery, By Jeffrey O'Connell (1979), Cornelius J. Peck
The Lawsuit Lottery, By Jeffrey O'Connell (1979), Cornelius J. Peck
Washington Law Review
The dustjacket for this already provocatively entitled book continues with the additional legend: "Only the Lawyers Win-Most people get nothing. A few get too much. A proposal for reform." This addition to the title of the book gives appropriate, if not exact, warning that a reader is about to fall under the influence of a spell-binding author, whose sense of theatre equals that of the lawyers whose exploits he exposes. It does not, however, prepare one for his serious analysis, arguments, and proposals concerning how law should distribute the losses of accidental injuries which occur in our society.
Tort—Parental Immunity—Merrick V. Sutterlin, 93 Wn. 2d 411, 610 P.2d 891 (1980), Frederick W. Grimm
Tort—Parental Immunity—Merrick V. Sutterlin, 93 Wn. 2d 411, 610 P.2d 891 (1980), Frederick W. Grimm
Washington Law Review
This note outlines the origins of the doctrine of parentalftort immunity and its development in Washington, placing special emphasis on the doctrine's underlying policies and their applicability in automobile negligence cases. This note then discusses the problems which may arise from the Merrick court's failure to abolish the parental immunity entirely. Looking to the future, this note suggests that the immunity be abolished in favor of a standard of care recognizing the legal duty of a parent to act as a reasonably prudent parent.
The Lawsuit Lottery, By Jeffrey O'Connell (1979), Cornelius J. Peck
The Lawsuit Lottery, By Jeffrey O'Connell (1979), Cornelius J. Peck
Washington Law Review
The dustjacket for this already provocatively entitled book continues with the additional legend: "Only the Lawyers Win-Most people get nothing. A few get too much. A proposal for reform." This addition to the title of the book gives appropriate, if not exact, warning that a reader is about to fall under the influence of a spell-binding author, whose sense of theatre equals that of the lawyers whose exploits he exposes. It does not, however, prepare one for his serious analysis, arguments, and proposals concerning how law should distribute the losses of accidental injuries which occur in our society.
Tort—Parental Immunity—Merrick V. Sutterlin, 93 Wn. 2d 411, 610 P.2d 891 (1980), Frederick W. Grimm
Tort—Parental Immunity—Merrick V. Sutterlin, 93 Wn. 2d 411, 610 P.2d 891 (1980), Frederick W. Grimm
Washington Law Review
This note outlines the origins of the doctrine of parentalftort immunity and its development in Washington, placing special emphasis on the doctrine's underlying policies and their applicability in automobile negligence cases. This note then discusses the problems which may arise from the Merrick court's failure to abolish the parental immunity entirely. Looking to the future, this note suggests that the immunity be abolished in favor of a standard of care recognizing the legal duty of a parent to act as a reasonably prudent parent.
Defamation And The First Amendment: Protecting Speech On Public Issues, Bruce J. Borrus
Defamation And The First Amendment: Protecting Speech On Public Issues, Bruce J. Borrus
Washington Law Review
The common law of defamation collided with the United States Constitution in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, and aftershocks from that collision have been rumbling for sixteen years. Ever since the New York Times Court asserted that the first and fourteenth amendments impose restraints on a state's power to afford a civil remedy for wrongful injury to reputation, the Supreme Court has been torn between its concern for personal reputation and its competing concern for free expression. The difficulty of resolving the conflict between these two concerns has forced the Court to decide a long line of cases …
Defamation And The First Amendment: Protecting Speech On Public Issues, Bruce J. Borrus
Defamation And The First Amendment: Protecting Speech On Public Issues, Bruce J. Borrus
Washington Law Review
The common law of defamation collided with the United States Constitution in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, and aftershocks from that collision have been rumbling for sixteen years. Ever since the New York Times Court asserted that the first and fourteenth amendments impose restraints on a state's power to afford a civil remedy for wrongful injury to reputation, the Supreme Court has been torn between its concern for personal reputation and its competing concern for free expression. The difficulty of resolving the conflict between these two concerns has forced the Court to decide a long line of cases in …
Informed Consent In Washington: Expanded Scope Of Material Facts That The Physician Must Disclose To His Patient, Edwin Rauzi
Informed Consent In Washington: Expanded Scope Of Material Facts That The Physician Must Disclose To His Patient, Edwin Rauzi
Washington Law Review
Part I of this comment charts the current contours of the informed consent doctrine and traces the general pro-plaintiff shift which has developed since Washington recognized the tort a decade ago. The model used to illustrate this shift is a continuum, with the poles representing doctrinal and social policy choices favorable either to the plaintiff-patient or to the defendant-physician. Part II examines the expanded scope of the physician's duty to disclose material facts. This comment posits that the material facts which the physician must disclose to his patient are the risks involved in a proposed treatment, the alternatives to the …
Torts—Wrongful Birth—New Jersey Recognizes Emotional Distress Damages In A Wrongful Birth Action Involving A Deformed Child—Berman V. Allan, 80 N.J. 421, 404 A.2d (1979), T. Ryan Durkan
Washington Law Review
This note begins by reviewing developments that created the legal and social setting for the Berman decision. After analyzing the court's opinion the focus shifts to the issue of damages. A valuation scheme is then proposed to effectuate the conclusion that both pecuniary and emotional damages should be awarded in wrongful birth actions involving impaired children.
Domestic Relations—Breach Of Promise To Marry: Relic Revisited To Exclude Expectation Damages—Stanard V. Bolin, 88 Wn. 2d 614, 565 P.2d 94 (1977), D. Joseph Hurson
Domestic Relations—Breach Of Promise To Marry: Relic Revisited To Exclude Expectation Damages—Stanard V. Bolin, 88 Wn. 2d 614, 565 P.2d 94 (1977), D. Joseph Hurson
Washington Law Review
Plaintiff, relying on defendant's proposal of marriage, trained a replacement for her job, placed her home for sale, sold her furniture, and incurred normal expenses incidental to a future union. One month before the date of marriage, defendant informed plaintiff he would not fulfill his promise of marriage; she subsequently became ill, repurchased her home furnishings, and cancelled all wedding plans. Plaintiff brought suit for breach of promise to marry, seeking damages for (1) direct pecuniary losses; (2) pain, impairment to health, humiliation, embarrassment; and (3) loss of the expected financial security of marriage. The superior court dismissed the complaint …
Torts—Misapplication Of The Tort Of Interference With Business Relations—Cherberg V. Peoples National Bank, 88 Wn. 2d 595, 564 P.2d 1137 (1977), Craig Gannett
Washington Law Review
Lessor, the Joshua Green Corporation, breached the covenant of quiet enjoyment by refusing to repair the outside wall of the building in which the Cherbergs were leasing space for their restaurant and by threatening to post the building as unsafe. The Cherbergs sued the Green Corporation for breach of contract and for interference with business relations. The trial court sustained both causes of action. The jury awarded $3,100 as contract damages and $38,900 as tort damages for mental anguish. The Washington Court of Appeals upheld the damage award for breach of contract but concluded that the tort of interference with …
Good Sports And Bad Lands: The Application Of Washington's Recreational Use Statute Limiting Landowner Liability, John C. Barrett
Good Sports And Bad Lands: The Application Of Washington's Recreational Use Statute Limiting Landowner Liability, John C. Barrett
Washington Law Review
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Medical Malpractice—Unconscious Patient—Liability For Defective Instruments—Hospitals And Enterprise Liability—Anderson V. Somberg, 67 N.J. 291, 338 A.2d 1 (1973), John Ludlow
Washington Law Review
In November 1967, defendant Dr. Somberg performed spinal surgery, using general anesthetic, on the plaintiff. During the procedure a jaw of the pituitary rongeur he was using broke off and lodged in the plaintiff's spine. The doctor terminated the operation after numerous unsuccessful attempts to recover the fragment. Four months later he retrieved the jaw in a second operation. The plaintiff suffered permanent injuries for which he sought recovery from the following: (1) Dr. Somberg for negligently causing the rongeur to break; (2) the hospital in which the surgery was performed for negligently furnishing a defective instrument; (3) the medical …
The Hospital-Physician Relationship: Hospital Responsibiity For Malpractice Of Physicians, Joel D. Cunningham
The Hospital-Physician Relationship: Hospital Responsibiity For Malpractice Of Physicians, Joel D. Cunningham
Washington Law Review
Since 1957 the courts in most states have moved rapidly toward imposing vicarious liability on a hospital for the torts of employee-physicians. In 1965 the Illinois Supreme Court held that a hospital could be liable for the malpractice of a nonemployee-physician. This comment attempts to describe these trends, to delineate the new rules the courts are applying and to determine the rationale for adopting these new rules. The comment assumes the patient has established that the physician committed malpractice; the only issue addressed is whether the patient can recover from the hospital for his or her injuries. The scope is …
Caveat Viator: The Duty To Wear Seat Belts Under Comparative Negligence Law, John A. Hoglund, A. Peter Parsons
Caveat Viator: The Duty To Wear Seat Belts Under Comparative Negligence Law, John A. Hoglund, A. Peter Parsons
Washington Law Review
The first portion of this article will attempt to show that neither judicial nor legislative reluctance, nor its underlying reasoning, is justifiable in light of the current state of law and society. Substantial evidence will be presented to demonstrate the need for our society to adopt the seat belt habit and for the law to recognize and respond to this societal need. Reactions of courts and legislative bodies to suggestions of mandated use are then explored as a preliminary to an analysis of the common law basis for adoption of the seat belt rule. A careful explanation will then be …
Comparative Negligence, Joel E. Smith, Alan D. Campbell
Comparative Negligence, Joel E. Smith, Alan D. Campbell
Washington Law Review
This note will discuss briefly the policy considerations underlying a choice between comparative negligence and contributory negligence, and will attempt to predict the effects, both procedural and substantive, of the new Act on practice in Washington.
Products Liability—Strict Liability In Tort: Defect Need Not Render Product "Unreasonably Dangerous"—Cronin V. J.B.E. Olson Corp., 8 Cal. 3d 121, 501 P.2d 1153, 104 Cal. Rptr. 433 (1972), Charles L. Coleman
Washington Law Review
Plaintiff Cronin was injured when the bread delivery truck he was driving for his employer collided with another vehicle. An aluminum safety hasp designed to hold the truck's bread racks in place failed during the collision; as a result, plaintiff was pushed forward through the windshield of the truck and injured seriously. Plaintiff's expert witness testified that the hasp was unusually weak because of bubbles and organic matter in the metal, that the hasp would have withstood the forces exerted by the racks during the collision had it not been flawed, and that the flaws and weakness of the metal …
Torts—Nuisance Actions Against Municipal Airports—Nestle V. City Of Santa Monica, 6 Cal. 3d 920, 496 P.2d 480, 101 Cal. Rptr. 568 (1972), G. E. F.
Washington Law Review
Plaintiffs, homeowners living near Santa Monica Municipal Airport, brought suit against the municipality of Santa Monica, the airport operator, seeking damages for diminution of property value and personal injury resulting from jet aircraft noise. The homeowners' principal theory for recovery was that the jet noise emanating from the airport constituted a nuisance. Both the trial and the appellate courts dismissed the nuisance action. The California Supreme Court reversed. Held: a nuisance action against a municipal airport is not precluded by governmental tort immunity. Nestle v. City of Santa Monica, 6 Cal. 3d 920, 496 P.2d 480, 101 Cal. Rptr. 568 …
Torts—Emotional Harm: Limitations On Third Party Recovery For Emotional Harm Caused By Fear Or Concern For Another—Schurk V. Christensen, 80 Wn. 2d 652, 497 P.2d 937 (1972), J. R. R.
Washington Law Review
Plaintiff hired fifteen-year-old Reed Christensen to care for her five-year-old daughter upon the representation of his parents that he was a good and capable baby-sitter. The parents knew but did not disclose that their son had a lengthy history of sexually assaulting young girls. In the span of five months the baby-sitter molested the plaintiff's daughter between two and five times. Upon learning of the assaults, plaintiff suffered severe emotional distress requiring treatment by a physician, hospitalization, and psychiatric care. The plaintiffs claim against the defendant parents and their son alleged mental anguish proximately caused her by the knowledge of …
Laird V. Nelms: A Call For Review And Revision Of The Federal Tort Claims Act, Cornelius J. Peck
Laird V. Nelms: A Call For Review And Revision Of The Federal Tort Claims Act, Cornelius J. Peck
Washington Law Review
Despite the Federal Tort Claims Act's explicit purpose to make state law determinative of recovery for governmental wrongs, the United States Supreme Court in Laird v. Nelms held that liability under the Act may not be predicated on a state statute imposing absolute or strict liability. Professor Peck challenges the Court's rationale in reaching this decision, concluding that Laird v. Nelms makes legislative revision of the Federal Tort Claims Act imperative. To guarantee that the Act will not insulate the government from strict liability for its ultrahazardous activities, Professor Peck proposes several basic changes to the Federal Tort Claims Act, …
Measuring Damages In Survival Actions For Tortious Death, Michael M. Martin
Measuring Damages In Survival Actions For Tortious Death, Michael M. Martin
Washington Law Review
Warner arose out of the death of a twenty-one year old college student. Alleging that the death was caused by improper diagnosis and care and by administration of unsafe drugs, her parents, individually, and her father, as administrator of her estate, brought suit for damages against the doctor, hospital, and pharmaceutical company on the grounds of negligence and breach of warranty. The parents' individual claims were dismissed because the parents were not dependents of the decedent, but the estate's claim was entertained. One of the items of damage claimed by the estate was "disability in consequence of a medical condition" …
Landlord-Tenant—Exculpatory Clauses: Exculpation Contrary To Public Policy When It Totally Relieves A Landlord From The Duty To Maintain Common Areas—Mccutcheon V. United Homes Corp., 79 Wn.2d 443, 486 P.2d 1093 (1971, Anon
Washington Law Review
In separate accidents, plaintiffs were injured when they fell due to the defective conditions of the stairways outside their apartments. Both plaintiffs had signed a form lease with the defendant landlord which contained a broadly worded exculpatory clause. The trial court granted the defendant's request for summary judgment on the ground that the exculpatory clause precluded plaintiffs' suit, and the Washington Court of Appeals affirmed. The Washington Supreme Court reversed and remanded the case for trial. Held: An exculpatory clause in a lease of residential housing within a multi-unit apartment complex which totally relieves a landlord from his affirmative duty …
Insurance—Disability Insurer's Refusal To Pay Gives Rise To Action In Tort—Fletcher V. Western National Life Insurance Co., 10 Cal. App. 3d 376, 89 Cal. Rptr. 78 (1970), Anon
Washington Law Review
Plaintiff suffered a totally disabling back injury in an industrial accident. His insurance policy with the defendant company provided for benefits of $150 per month for thirty years for total disability due to injury. But if the disability were due to sickness, the benefits were to continue for only two years. The defendant had received extensive medical information confirming the accidental cause of the disablement. To avoid full payment, however, it attempted to pay under the limited two-year sickness provision, then stopped payments altogether, fabricated a story about a previously existing condition and demanded return of the payments it had …
Torts—Automobiles—Host-Guest Statute—Nondriving Owners Denied The Protection Of The Host-Guest Statute—Hansel V. Ford Motor Co., 3 Wn. App. 151, 473 P.2d 219 (1970), Anon
Washington Law Review
As defendant Moss's daughter was driving downhill in an automobile owned by Moss for use in the family's construction business, the brakes failed suddenly and the car ran into a telephone pole. Plaintiffs, riding as guests of the daughter, sustained severe injuries. The resulting suit was brought against Ford Motor Company (the manufacturer of the automobile), Moss's mechanic (who had relined the brakes several weeks prior to the accident), and Moss. Moss denied negligence and asserted the Washington Guest Statute as a further bar to liability. At the conclusion of plaintiffs' case the defendants moved for dismissal on the grounds …
Negligence And Liability Without Fault In Tort Law, Cornelius J. Peck
Negligence And Liability Without Fault In Tort Law, Cornelius J. Peck
Washington Law Review
Though negligence is emphasized as a basis for determining liability in tort law, Professor Peck points out that liability without fault has always played a major role in that area and, in fact, underlies most torts which are recognized today. After examining these types of torts and distilling some general principles governing the application of liability without fault, he concludes that these principles are also applicable to automobile accident litigation, thus predicting the demise of negligence as a principle of liability in that field.