... [4] Hedges, Tuite, and Price-Spratlen then met to determine how to proceed in regard to SS's
allegation. At that meeting, the three women decided that Price-Spratlen would conduct a
mediation between SS, the alleged rape victim, and Alexander, her alleged rapist. ...
... She contends the trial court erred in dismissing her claim because former RCW 7.70.100's notice
requirement is not mandatory, and when she filed her complaint, the Supreme Court had not
by rule adopted mediation procedures as required by the statute. ...
... The essential question before the court is whether the plaintiff's letters to the defendant
physician amounted to a good faith request for mediation; a request that would have tolled
the otherwise three-year statute of limitations. ... REQUEST FOR MEDIATION. ...