Washington Court: Time Bar To Personal Injury Action Also Bars Wrongful Death Case

(November 24, 2015, 1:53 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — An estate’s wrongful death asbestos action cannot proceed where the statute of limitations forecloses on the underlying personal injury action, a Washington appeals court held Nov. 23 (Karin Hill, as personal representative of the estate of Heinz Gerhard Schneider v. Bartell’s Asbestos Settlement Trust, et al., No. 73960-3-I, Wash. App., Div. 1; 2015 Wash. App. LEXIS 2887)....

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