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GERMAIN v. PULLMAN BAPTIST CHURCH

Nos. 17332-1-III, 17333-0-III, 17334-8-III.

980 P.2d 809 (1999)

Bonnie GERMAIN, Appellant, v. PULLMAN BAPTIST CHURCH and David Leach and Jane Doe Leach, Respondents. Sharon (Hoover) Strohm, Appellant, v. Pullman Baptist Church and David Leach and Jane Doe Leach, Respondents. Donna Granholm, Appellant, v. Pullman Baptist Church and David Leach and Jane Doe Leach, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Four.

July 27, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Smith, Spokane, and David A. Summers, Seattle, for Appellant.

John C. Riseborough, Paine, Hamblen, Coffin, Brooke & Miller, Ronald G. Morrison, Patrick T. Tinsley, Spokane, for Respondents.

SCHULTHEIS, C.J.

Does the discovery rule apply to toll the statute of limitation in actions for negligent pastoral counseling and breach of fiduciary duty, when the plaintiffs allegedly did not know that the cause of their psychological injuries was the improper sexual conduct their pastor engaged them in during the course of counseling? The superior court held the discovery rule does not apply in those circumstances, and it summarily dismissed the plaintiffs' lawsuits...

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