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SMITH v. SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER

No. 26131-0-III.

184 P.3d 646 (2008)

Michelle SMITH and Grandin Smith, and Karla Hamilton, an individual, Appellants, v. SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER, and Ray Judici and Melanie, husband and wife, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

Publication Ordered May 22, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dustin Douglass Deissner, Van Camp & Deissner, Spokane, WA, for Appellants.

Carole Lynne Rolando, Attorney at Law, Keller Wayne Allen, Mary Margaret Palmer, Allen & McLane PC, Spokane, WA, Mary H. Spillane, William Kastner & Gibbs, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.

SWEENEY, C.J.

¶ 1 An employer is liable for the acts of its employees done in the scope and course of employment and therefore in furtherance of the employer's business. An employer is also responsible for its own negligence in failing to properly supervise an employee or in failing to protect those particularly vulnerable from foreseeable harm. Here, a nursing assistant employed by a hospital contacted two psychiatric...

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