1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. P.3d
  4. 348 P.3d
  5. 348 P.3d 389 (2015)
 

PAETSCH v. SPOKANE DERMATOLOGY CLINIC, P.S.

No. 89866-9.

348 P.3d 389 (2015)

182 Wash.2d 842

Phyllis PAETSCH, Petitioner, v. SPOKANE DERMATOLOGY CLINIC, P.S., as a Washington Corporation; and William P. Werschler, M.D., individually, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 12, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Elizabeth Schultz , Mary Schultz Law PS, Spangle, WA, for Petitioner.

William Fredrick Etter , Ronald Anthony Van Wert , Etter McMahon Lamberson Van Wert & Oresk, Spokane, WA, Mary H. Spillane , Fain Anderson , et al, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.

George M. Ahrend , Ahrend Law Firm PLLC, Ephrata, WA, Bryan Patrick Harnetiaux , Attorney at Law, Bryan Harnetiaux , WA State Ass'n for Justice Foundation, Spokane, WA, amicus counsel for Washington State Association for Justice Foundation.

¶ 1 The plaintiff in this medical malpractice case asks us to decide that a physician-patient relationship is formed when a patient enters into a written contract with a clinic and that written contract names a specific physician as the patient's doctor. We do not reach this issue because the jury instructions allowed the plaintiff...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases