ROUNDS v. NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT, INC.

No. 26646-0-III.

194 P.3d 274 (2008)

Patricia Kay ROUNDS, individually, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Alan D. Rounds, deceased, Appellant, v. NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT, INC.; Mallinckrodt, Inc; Tyco International, Ltd.; Tyco Healthcare; Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center; and Yakima Chest Clinic-Each of Which is a Corporation; and Geoffrey Greenberg, Regan B. Wylie, John S. Barany, Philip I. Menashe, and Mark S. Bermasn, Defendants, Providence Yakima Medical Center; Providence Health System; Health Management Associates; and Baliijit K. Sharma, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

October 16, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Roger Hevel, Attorney at Law, Kennewick, WA, for Appellant.

Jerome R. Aiken, David A. Thorner, Megan Murphy, Bryan George Evenson, Attorneys at Law, Thorner, Kennedy & Gano PS, Yakima, WA, for Respondents.


BROWN, J.

¶ 1 Patricia Kay Rounds, as surviving spouse and personal representative for her husband's estate, appeals the summary dismissal of her medical negligence claims against Baljit K. Sharma, M.D. and Providence Yakima Medical Center for the death of her husband, Alan D. Rounds, when a tracheostomy tube failed after heart surgery performed by Dr. Sharma at Providence. Ms. Rounds contends the trial court erred in deciding she failed to show causation. We...

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