Wright analysis in Washington

2021Fiallo- Lopez, 78 Wn.

2021Fiallo- Lopez, 78 Wn.

2014Subsequently, the court in Loudon distinguished Wright , emphasizing that policy concerns specific to the physician-patient relationship required limiting Wright’s rule allowing ex parte contact with nonparty witnesses. 110 Wn.2d at 681 . ¶51 The question in this case, then, is whether the lines that this court has drawn must be erased simply because the nonparty treating physician is employed by the defendant health care entity.

2014Subsequently, the court in Loudon distinguished Wright, emphasizing that policy concerns specific to the physician- patient relationship required limiting Wright's rule allowing ex parte contact with nonparty witnesses. 110 Wn.2d at 681 .

2014RCW 9 .94A.525(5)(a)(i); Johnson, 180 Wn.

2014RCW 9.94A.525(5)(a)(i); Johnson, 320 P.3d at 202-03 .

2008We reject this portion of the Wright analysis and conclude that even if Viad knew its evaporator was being used in conjunction with asbestos insulation, our precedent does not support extending strict liability for failure to warn to those outside the chain of distribution of a product. ¶33 Furthermore, Simonetta cites to Stapleton v. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., 608 F.2d 571 (5th Cir. 1979).

2008We reject this portion of the Wright analysis and conclude that even if Viad knew its evaporator was being used in conjunction with asbestos insulation, our precedent does not support extending strict liability for failure to warn to those outside the chain of distribution of a product. ¶33 Furthermore, Simonetta cites to Stapleton v. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., 608 F.2d 571 (5th Cir. 1979).

2021State v. McFarland, 127 Wn.2d 322, 335 , 899 P.2d 1251 (1995).

2021State v. McFarland, 127 Wn.2d 322, 335 , 899 P.2d 1251 (1995).

2019Youngs, 179 Wn.2d at 652 .

2007Id. at 485, 16 P.3d 1268 . ¶ 13 These cases demonstrate that the entrepreneurial aspects of health care can form the foundation of a CPA claim.