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DEGEL EX REL. ESTATE OF PERISHO v. BUTY

No. 45544-3-I.

29 P.3d 768 (2001)

James A. DEGEL, as guardian of the ESTATE OF Emma PERISHO; and Tara Perisho, individually, Appellants, and Dean Perisho, individually, Plaintiff, v. Steven G. BUTY, M.D., a physician, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

August 27, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Schein, Maltman, Reed, North, Ahrens & Malanti, Ron Perey, Law Office of Ron Perey, Seattle, for Appellants.

Mary Spillane, Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, Seattle, for Respondent.

Published in Part Opinion

COLEMAN, J.

This is an appeal of a defense jury verdict in a medical malpractice case against a doctor who delivered a brain-damaged baby. The focus of the appeal is whether the doctor failed to obtain informed consent when he artificially ruptured the mother's membranes in order to attach an electrode for the purpose of internally monitoring the fetus. The appellants contend that the objective standard regarding causation in the...

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