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DOAN v. BANNER HEALTH INC.

Supreme Court No. S-17891.

535 P.3d 537 (2023)

Nixola Jean DOAN, Personal Representative of the Estate of Tristana Laurene Doan, and Nixola Jean Doan, Individually, Appellants, v. BANNER HEALTH INC., d/b/a Fairbanks Memorial Hospital; Northern Hospital Association, LLC; James W. Cagle, D.O.; Golden Heart Emergency Physicians; and Faye Lee, M.D., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied September 28, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike A. Stepovich , Fairbanks, for Appellants.

Howard A. Lazar and Whitney L. Wilkson , Delaney Wiles, Inc., Anchorage, for Appellee Banner Health, Inc., d/b/a Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.

John J. Tiemessen , Clapp Peterson Tiemessen Thorsness & Johnson, LLC, Anchorage, for Appellees Northern Hospital Association, James W. Cagle, D.O., Golden Heart Emergency Physicians, and Faye Lee, M.D.

Before: Winfree, Chief Justice, Maassen, Carney, Borghesan, and Henderson, Justices.

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

A young woman died of heart failure while hospitalized. Her mother, acting on her own behalf and as personal representative of the woman's estate, sued the hospital, several doctors, and the doctors' employers for medical malpractice. In successive orders the superior court decided that...

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