SINGH v. EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP.

No. 61823-7-I.

210 P.3d 337 (2009)

Paramjit SINGH and Harmeet Kaur, individually and as husband and wife; and A.K., H.S., and A.S., their minor children, and Providence Health System-Washington, dba Providence Everett Medical Center, a Washington corporation, Respondents, v. EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, a foreign corporation doing business in Washington, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

July 6, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly P. Corr, Steven W. Fogg, William H. Walsh, Corr Cronin Michelson Baumgardner & Pree, Seattle, WA, Edward M. Kay, Paul V. Esposito, Clausen Miller, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Paul N. Luvera Jr., Robert N. Gellatly Jr., J. Andrew Hoyal, Joel D. Cunningham, Deborah Martin, Luvera Barnett Brindley Beninger, Howard W. Goodfriend, Edwards Sieh Smith & Goodfriend, Kathy A. Cochran, Shilpa Bhatia, Wilson Smith Cochran Dickerson, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.


GROSSE, J.

¶ 1 Washington State follows the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws' most significant relationship test in determining which state's law applies to a given issue. Here, the plaintiff underwent a heart transplant after his heart was burned as a result of a defective heart monitor used during surgery in a Washington hospital. The heart monitor was developed by a California based company that knew of the defect, but failed to correct the...

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