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POLETTI v. OVERLAKE HOSP. MEDICAL CENTER

No. 67821-3-I.

303 P.3d 1079 (2013)

175 Wn. App. 828

Nichole POLETTI, as the Executor of the Estate of Sherri Poletti, Deceased, Respondent, v. OVERLAKE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, Appellant, and King County, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered May 31, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary H. Spillane , Daniel W. Ferm , Williams Kastner & Gibbs PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Michael Alan Goldfarb , Kit William Roth , Kelley, Goldfarb, Gill, Huck & Roth, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

BECKER, J.

¶ 1 We accepted discretionary review in this wrongful death case to determine the standard by which a fact finder should judge Overlake Hospital's decision to discharge, rather than detain, a voluntarily admitted psychiatric patient. We conclude Overlake's decision to discharge the patient implicated the involuntary treatment act, chapter 71.05 RCW, and the hospital cannot be liable if the decision was made in good faith and without gross negligence...

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