RUTH v. DIGHT

No. 39714.

75 Wn.2d 660 (1969)

453 P.2d 631

LILLIE M. RUTH et al., Appellants, v. E.K. DIGHT et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

April 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Praeger (of Langlie & Praeger), for appellants.

Williams, Lanza, Kastner & Gibbs, by Henry E. Kastner, for respondents.


HALE, J.

There is a saying that what one does not know does not hurt him, but, when it comes to surgical operations, this old bromide has turned out to be no more than half a truth. Nature has a mysterious way at times of hiding mishaps in surgery, and cases are legion where foreign objects such as sponges, scalpels, forceps and hemostats have been inadvertently left in a surgical wound and the patient remained oblivious of it for years afterward. Although on discovery...

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