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CONRAD v. LAKEWOOD GENERAL HOSPITAL

No. 37825.

67 Wn.2d 934 (1966)

410 P.2d 785

ELLA MAGDALEN CONRAD, Respondent, v. LAKEWOOD GENERAL HOSPITAL et al., Respondents, ROBERT P. CRABILL et al., Appellants. ELLA MAGDALEN CONRAD, Respondent, v. LAKEWOOD GENERAL HOSPITAL et al., Respondents, LOUIS T. HOYER, JR., M.D., et al., Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

February 3, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lycette, Diamond & Sylvester and Earle W. Zinn, for appellants Crabill.

Alan R. Billett, for appellants Hoyer.

Roller, Barker & Turco, by J.J. Roller, for respondent.

FINLEY, J.

A hemostat is a metal, scissor-like surgical instrument. The device is used by surgeons to check bleeding in the operative field by compressing the tissue or bleeding blood vessels. The plaintiff herein, Mrs. E.M. Conrad, underwent surgery for a malfunctioning gall bladder on June 21, 1963. During the course of the operation, several hemostats were used by the surgeon and his assistant to clamp off blood vessels in the area in which the surgeon and his...

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