KEOGAN v. HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL

No. 46690.

95 Wn.2d 306 (1980)

622 P.2d 1246

ANN M. KEOGAN, as Administratrix, ET AL, Petitioners, v. HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morrow, Longfelder, Tinker & Kidman, Inc., P.S., by Kerry D. Kidman and Albert Morrow and Vovos, Voermans & Murphy, by Mark E. Vovos, for petitioners.

MacGillivray, Jones, Clarke, Schiffner & Johnson, by Frank Hayes Johnson and Gregory G. Frazier and Halverson, Applegate & McDonald, by Alan A. McDonald, for respondents.


HOROWITZ, J.

This case concerns a medical malpractice action against the doctors who treated a heart attack victim and against the hospital where he died. The trial jury returned a general verdict for the defendants. Because the trial court erred in refusing to give an informed consent instruction and in refusing to find certain defendants negligent as a matter of law in treating the deceased, we reverse the judgment in favor of defendants and remand the cause for...

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