McLAUGHLIN v. COOKE

No. 55419-6.

112 Wn.2d 829 (1989)

774 P.2d 1171

MONTE S. MCLAUGHLIN, Petitioner, v. THOMAS R. COOKE, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goodwin, Grutz & Scott, by James A. Grutz, for petitioner.

Bruce E. Larson and Philip A. Talmadge (of Karr, Tuttle, Campbell), for respondents.


SMITH, J.

Monte S. McLaughlin sought review of an unpublished decision of the Court of Appeals, Division Two, reversing a $160,000 judgment he obtained against Thomas R. Cooke, D.O., for medical malpractice incident to a vasectomy. The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded for new trial, holding that it was prejudicial error to give a jury instruction summarizing plaintiff's four claims, two of which were not supported by substantial evidence.

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