SWEET v. SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE IN WASH.

No. S-4830.

881 P.2d 304 (1994)

Gary and Beverly SWEET, Individually and as Parents and Next Friend of their Minor Son, Jacob Sweet, Appellants, v. SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE IN WASHINGTON, a Washington non-profit corporation, d/b/a Providence Hospital; Daniel Tulip, M.D., James Nesbitt, M.D., Gerry J. Schriever, M.D., the Children's Clinic, Inc., a corporation; the Children's Clinic, a partnership; and Does 1 through 10, partners in the Children's Clinic, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia L. Zobel and John T. Robertson, Staley DeLisio & Cook, Anchorage, for appellants.

James D. Gilmore, Gilmore & Doherty, Anchorage, for appellee Sisters of Providence in Washington.

David F. Leonard and Marcus R. Clapp, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Fairbanks, for appellees Daniel Tulip, M.D., James Nesbitt, M.D., and The Children's Clinic.

Before MOORE, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ.


OPINION

MOORE, Chief Justice.

Jacob Sweet, an infant, allegedly sustained brain damage while a patient at Providence Hospital in Anchorage. Jacob's parents, Gary and Beverly Sweet (the Sweets), brought this action against Providence Hospital (Providence) and Drs. Daniel Tulip, James Nesbitt, Gerry J. Schriever and the Children's Clinic (collectively referenced as "the doctors"), claiming that the defendants...

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