ZeBARTH v. SWEDISH HOSP. MED. CENTER

No. 42040.

81 Wn.2d 12 (1972)

499 P.2d 1

DONALD ZeBARTH, Respondent, v. SWEDISH HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams, Lanza, Kastner & Gibbs, Joseph J. Lanza, Culp, Dwyer, Guterson & Grader, and William L. Dwyer, for appellant.

Daniel F. Sullivan, for respondent.


HALE, J.

Defendant hospital administered to plaintiff a course of radiation therapy in treating him for Hodgkin's disease. About a year after the treatments had ended, plaintiff became paralyzed from injury to his spinal cord. He brought this action against the hospital alleging negligence in the treatment, and a jury returned a verdict in the sum of $450,280. Defendant hospital appeals a judgment entered upon that verdict...

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