STEWART-GRAVES v. VAUGHN

No. 78383-7.

170 P.3d 1151 (2007)

Liam STEWART-GRAVES, a minor; and Nichole Stewart-Graves, as guardian ad litem, and Nichole Stewart-Graves and Todd Graves, individually, Appellants, v. Katherine F. VAUGHN, M.D.; The Vancouver Clinic, Inc., P.S.; and southwest Washington Medical Center, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided November 8, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Albert Talmadge, Talmadge Law Group PLLC, Tukwila, WA, Anne Elizabeth Melley, Attorney at Law, Issaquah, WA, Paul Lloyd Henderson, Horenstein & Drew PLLC, Vancouver, WA, for Appellants.

Scott T. Schauermann, Hoffman Hart & Wagner LLP, Portland, OR, Mary H. Spillane, William Kastner & Gibbs, Elizabeth Ann Leedom, Bennett Bigelow Leedom PS, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.

Bryan Patrick Harnetiaux, Attorney at Law, Spokane, WA, for Amicus Curiae (Washington State Trial Lawyers).


MADSEN, J.

¶ 1 This medical malpractice case involves an infant who received 24 minutes of continuous resuscitative medical treatment after being born without a heart beat. The infant survived but suffers severe and permanent disabilities. Nichole Stewart-Graves and Todd Graves, individually, and as guardians for their son, Liam Stewart-Graves (plaintiffs), filed suit against Dr. Katherine Vaughn, her employer, the Vancouver Clinic, and Southwest Washington Medical...

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