NGUYEN v. SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER

No. 17180-9-III.

987 P.2d 634 (1999)

97 Wash.App. 728

Nghia NGUYEN and Darla Nguyen, husband and wife, individually and as their marital community and guardians of Ryan Nguyen, a minor, Appellants, v. SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER, a Washington corporation, Carl J. Bodenstein, M.D., and Mrs. Carl J. Bodenstein, Robert G. Benedetti, M.D., and Mrs. Robert G. Benedetti, Priscilla J. Hancock, M.D., and John Doe Hancock, Hrair A. Garabedian, M.D., and Johnny Cox and Mrs. Johnny Cox, husbands and wives, individually and their marital communities; Northwest Neonatology Associates, P.S., a corporation; and Rockwood Clinic, P.S., a corporation, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel One.

As Amended November 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth K. Watts, Spokane, for Appellants.

Dennis L. Fluegge, Jerome R. Aiken, Meyer, Fluegge & Tenney, Yakima, Michael J. Myers, Keith D. Brown, Randall & Danskin, Brian T. Rekofke, Witherspoon, Kelley, Davenport & Toole, Spokane, for Respondents.


BROWN, J.

Ryan Nguyen was born to Nghia Nguyen and Darla Nguyen at Sacred Heart Medical Center (SHMC) in Spokane. Tragically, Ryan suffered severe congenital abnomalities. The Nguyens disagreement with Ryan's medical care providers eventually led to a court order restoring dialysis treatment. They eventually sued SHMC, SHMC's ethicist, and the treating physicians under various state torts and federal statutory bases, but not specifically outrage. The trial court granted...

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