Suit filed against Funabiki Firm

A medical malpractice suit was filed Friday in superior court against Dean Funabiki and Associates by Kimberly Schoo, one of the alleged victims of Dr. Funabiki, the Pullman psychologist who was booked in jail here Feb. 16 and found dead in his cell two days later. He had been arrested on a probable charge of second-degree rape and bail for pre-trial release was set at $100,000.

The suit alleged the plaintiff had been a patient of Dr. Funabiki for three years and was sexually assaulted Jan. 5 and several times the preceding year. It alleged she was placed in an altered state which left her una...