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WHINSTON v. KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL

TC A8212-07341; CA A41750; SC S35756, S36014.

788 P.2d 428 (1990)

309 Or. 350

James Pierce WHINSTON, Respondent/Cross-Petitioner On Review, v. KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, a California Corporation; Northwest Permanente, P.C., an Oregon Corporation, and the Permanente Clinic, a Partnership, Petitioners/Cross-Respondents On Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided March 6, 1990.

Reconsideration Denied May 3, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Faust, Jr., Portland, argued the cause for petitioners/cross-respondents on review. With him on the petition and response to cross-petition was Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Portland.

John Paul Graff, Portland, argued the cause for respondent/cross-petitioner on review. With him on the cross-petition and responses to petition was Graff & O'Neil, Portland.

Before PETERSON, C.J., and LINDE, CARSON, JONES, GILLETTE and FADELEY, JJ.

CARSON, Justice.

In this medical malpractice case, defendants are two corporations and a partnership engaged in providing health care. Plaintiff was a patient of defendants' agents: Dr. Porter, a gastroenterologist;1 Dr. Gregory, a psychiatrist; and Dr. Levine, a psychologist. Plaintiff claimed that these agents negligently treated his liver ailment.

At the close of plaintiff's case, the trial court directed verdicts for defendants...

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