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TURNER v. STIME

No. 27037-8-III.

222 P.3d 1243 (2009)

Darlene L. TURNER and Bill H. Turner, individually, and as husband and wife, Respondents, v. Nathan P. STIME, M.D., and Riverside Medical Clinic, a Washington corporation, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Eight.

December 17, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Douglas Kamitomo, The Markam Group Inc PS, Spokane, WA, for Respondents.

Mary H. Spillane, Daniel W. Ferm, William Kastner & Gibbs, Seattle, WA, Brian T. Rekofke, Attorney at Law, Spokane, WA, for Appellants.

Shaakirrah R. Sanders, The Defenders Ass'n, Sarah A. Dunne, Nancy Lynn Talner, Lorraine K. Bannai, Keith Andre Talbot, Patterson, Buchanan, Fobes, Leitch & Kalzer, Seattle, Suchi Sharma, Dept. of Labor and Industries, Olympia, George M. Ahrend, Dano, Gilbert & Ahrend, PLLC, Moses Lake, Bryan Patrick Harnetiaux, Spokane, Amicus Curiae.

KULIK, A.C.J.

¶ 1 Darlene and Bill Turner sued Dr. Nathan Stime and Riverside Medical Clinic (Dr. Stime) for medical malpractice. The jury returned a verdict for Dr. Stime. Two jurors then stated that during deliberations several jurors had referred to the Turners' attorney, who is of Japanese ancestry, as "Mr. Kamikaze," "Mr. Miyashi," "Mr. Miyagi," or "Mr. Havacoma." One juror also reportedly stated that the defense verdict was "almost appropriate" given that...

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