RASH v. PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES

No. 31277-1-III.

334 P.3d 1154 (2014)

Robin RASH, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Betty L. Zachow, deceased, and on behalf of all statutory claimants and beneficiaries; Robin R. Rash, Keith R. Zachow and Craig L. Zachow, Appellants, v. PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES, a Washington business entity and health care provider; Providence Health & Services-Washington, a Washington business entity and health care provider; Providence-Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital, a Washington business entity and health care provider, and Does 1-10, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

September 16, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Jon Riccelli , Attorney at Law, Spokane, WA, for Appellant.

Ryan Marshall Beaudoin , Matthew William Daley , Witherspoon Kelley Davenport & Toole PS, Steven Joseph Dixson , Attorney at Law, Spokane, WA, for Respondent.


FEARING, J.

¶ 1 Plaintiff Robin Rash invites us to enter a path untraveled. She brings a medical malpractice claim, on behalf of her mother's estate, in the form of a lost chance, when she has no expert testimony as to a percentage of a lost chance and only expert testimony that the medical negligence may have shortened her mother's life. She has no testimony as to the length of the mother's decreased life expectancy. We decline the request to follow an unchartered...

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