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GOMEZ v. SAUERWEIN

No. 88307-6.

331 P.3d 19 (2014)

180 Wash.2d 610

Rodolfo Anaya GOMEZ, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Christina Palma Anaya, Petitioner, v. Mark F. SAUERWEIN, M.D., and the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, a Washington Corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington. En Banc.

June 19, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Raymond Johnson , Johnson & Johnson Law Firm, PLLC, Yakima, Ian S. Birk , Keller Rohrback, LLP, Benjamin Blystad Gould , Keller Rohrback LLP, Isaac Ruiz , Harry Williams IV, Keller Rohrback LLP, Seattle, Counsel for Petitioners.

Pamela A. Okano , Reed McClure, Seattle, David A. Thorner , Thorner Kennedy & Gano PS, Megan Murphy , Thorner Kennedy Gano, Yakima, Marilee C. Erickson , Reed McClure, Seattle, Counsel for Respondents.

Stewart Andrew Estes , Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S., Seattle, Matthew William Daley , Witherspoon, Kelley, Davenport & Toole, Ryan Marshall Beaudoin , Witherspoon Kelley Davenport & Toole PS, Spokane, Elizabeth Kennedy Morrison , Lorber, Greenfield & Polito, LLP, Seattle, amicus counsel for Washington Defense Trial Lawyers.

Bryan Patrick Harnetiaux , Attorney at Law, Spokane, George M Ahrend , Ahrend Albrecht PLLC, Ephrata, David P. Gardner , Winston & Cashatt, Spokane, amicus counsel for Washington State Association for Justice Foundation.

Gregory Mann Miller , Carney Badley Spellman PS, Justin Price Wade , Carney Badley Spellman, Seattle, amicus counsel for Washington State Medical Association.

J.M. JOHNSON, J.*

¶ 1 This case asks whether Washington's informed consent statute, RCW 7.70.050, applies when a health care provider misdiagnoses the patient's condition. We must decide whether the legislature intended to provide recovery to plaintiffs who allege both negligence and informed consent violations based on the same set of facts.

¶ 2 We hold that when a health care provider rules out a particular diagnosis...

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