Medical malpractice · Washington
For Medical malpractice · Washington, limitation period is within three years of the act or omission alleged to have caused the injury or condition, or one year of the time the patient or his or her representative discovered or reasonably should have discovered that the injury or condition was caused by said act or omission, whichever period expires later; how the statute describes it is based upon alleged professional negligence, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.
- Type of claim
- Medical malpractice our reading
- State
- Washington verified
- Limitation period
- within three years of the act or omission alleged to have caused the injury or condition, or one year of the time the patient or his or her representative discovered or reasonably should have discovered that the injury or condition was caused by said act or omission, whichever period expires later verified
- How the statute describes it
- based upon alleged professional negligence verified
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What the source says
based upon alleged professional negligence shall be commenced within three years of the act or omission alleged to have caused the injury or condition, or one year of the time the patient or his or her representative discovered or reasonably should have discovered that the injury or condition was caused by said act or omission, whichever period expires later, except that in no event shall an action be commenced more than eight years after said act or omission
— app.leg.wa.gov, retrieved 2026-08-25
Source
- app.leg.wa.govhttps://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.16.350