FIELDS v. LEGACY HEALTH SYSTEM

Nos. 03-35386, 03-35587.

413 F.3d 943 (2005)

George FIELDS, personal representative of the Estate of Laura Fields, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LEGACY HEALTH SYSTEM, an, Oregon Corporation, dba/Legacy Laboratory Services. Defendant-Appellee. George Fields, personal representative of the Estate of Laura Fields; Estate of Laura Fields, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Legacy Health System, an Oregon Corporation, dba/Legacy Laboratory Services. Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 22, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ron Perey, Carla Tachau Lawrence, and Doug Weinmaster, Law Office of Ron Perey, Seattle, WA, and Jeffrey P. Foote, Portland, OR, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Lindsey H. Hughes, Keating Jones Bildstein & Hughes, P.C., Portland, OR, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: GRABER, GOULD, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.


GOULD, Circuit Judge:

This consolidated appeal involves wrongful death actions filed in two different federal district courts sitting in diversity. Acting as personal representative of the estate of his late wife, Laura Fields, George Fields brought an action for wrongful death against Legacy Health System ("Legacy") in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The complaint alleged that Legacy negligently caused Laura Fields' death...

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