COLLEY v. PEACEHEALTH

No. 68267-9-I.

312 P.3d 989 (2013)

Lewis C. COLLEY and Talena Colley, husband and wife, and the marital community thereof, Appellants, v. PEACEHEALTH, a not for profit Washington State corporation d/b/a St. Joseph Hospital and St. Joseph Medical Group, Respondent, Jian Y. Sun, M.D. and John Doe Sun, husband and wife and the marital community thereof; Janice Lund and John Doe Lund, husband and wife and the marital community therefor; K. Hanbury and John Doe Hanbury, husband and wife and the marital community therefor; Melissa Dykstra and John Doe Dykstra, husband and wife, and the marital community thereof; Northwest Emergency Physicians, Inc., a Washington State for profit corporation; Ralph Weiche and Jane Doe Weiche, husband and wife, and the marital community thereof; and Jane and John Does 1-10, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

September 3, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Leemon , Sidney Stillerman Royer , Leemon & Royer PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Appellant(s).

D. Jeffrey Burnham , Miranda Kathryn Aye , Attorney at Law, Johnson Graffe Keay Moniz & Wick LLP, Seattle, WA, for Respondent(s).


BECKER, J.

¶ 1 This appeal arises from a jury's defense verdict in a medical negligence action against PeaceHealth St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham. The hospital patient and his wife contend the trial court admitted evidence that was speculative, irrelevant, and unfairly prejudicial. Finding no basis for granting a new trial, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2 The hospital patient is appellant Lewis Colley. In the spring of 2006, when he was around...

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