ADAIR v. WEINBERG

No. 33536-7-I.

901 P.2d 340 (1995)

79 Wash.App. 197

James ADAIR and Sherryl Adair, individually and as guardian ad litem for Camille Adair, Appellants, v. Mitchell B. WEINBERG, M.D., and Jane Doe Weinberg, his wife, and the marital community composed thereof; Richard W. Mauseth, M.D., P.S., d/b/a Woodinville Pediatrics, and Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, King County Public Hospital District 2, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

September 5, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Murray Kleist, Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, Seattle, for appellants.

Robert N. Gellatly, Jr. and Sherry Rogers, Gregory Turner, Michael Patterson, Lee Smart Cook Martin & Patterson, Seattle, for respondents.


BECKER, Judge.

A small child survived emergency surgery but suffered impaired eyesight. Her parents alleged medical negligence. Trial of the claim ended in a defense verdict. The parents assign error to rulings made during the closing arguments.

We affirm the judgment in favor of the physician respondents on the two issues presented. First, an argument insisting the standard of care is exclusively as "expected by society" is misleading. The trial court properly...

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