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REYES v. YAKIMA HEALTH DIST.

No. 94679-5.

419 P.3d 819 (2018)

Judith Margarita REYES, on her own behalf and on behalf of the Estate of Jose Luis Reyes, Deceased, and on behalf of her minor children, Erik (n/m/n) Reyes (dob: 3/12/98) and Leslie Maria Reyes (dob: 6/23/99), Petitioners, v. YAKIMA HEALTH DISTRICT, a public entity in the State of Washington; Christopher Spitters, M.D., John Does Nos. 1-20, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Oral Argument Date: February 13, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. J Sandlin , Sandlin Law Firm, 105 B Fletcher Lane, Po Box 228, Zillah, WA, 98953-0228, for Petitioners.

John Coleman Graffe Jr. , Michelle Suzanne Taft , Johnson Graffe Keay Moniz, 925 4th Ave. Ste. 2300, Seattle, WA, 98104-1145, Mary H. Spillane , Fain Anderson, Et Al., 701 5th Ave. Ste. 4750, Seattle, WA, 98104-7089, Christopher Joseph Kerley , Markus William Louvier , Evans, Craven & Lackie, P.S., 818 W. Riverside Ave. Ste. 250, Spokane, WA, 99201-0994, for for Respondents.

Gregory Mann Miller , Randolph James Leo Johnson , Carney Badley Spellman PS, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 3600, Seattle, WA, 98104-7010, for Amici Curiae on behalf of Washington State Medical Association, Washington Chapter — American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Association.

¶ 1 This is a case about the sufficiency of expert witness testimony in a medical malpractice suit. Jose Reyes died after a course of treatment for tuberculosis. Judith Reyes alleges that her husband did not have tuberculosis and that the treatment prescribed to him for that disease caused him fatal liver damage due to an undiagnosed...

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