DAVIES v. MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM

No. 100079-1.

510 P.3d 346 (2022)

Mari Yvonne DAVIES, Respondent, v. MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM, a Washington corporation d/b/a Good Samaritan Hospital, and Mt. Rainier Emergency Physicians, PLLC; Michael Hirsig, M.D., Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, EN BANC.

Filed: June 2, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Allen Norman , Fain Anderson, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 4750, Seattle, WA, 98104-7089, Chad William Beck , Reminger Co., LPA, 101 W. Prospect Ave. Ste. 1400, Cleveland, OH, 44115-1074, Howard Mark Goodfriend , Catherine Wright Smith , Smith Goodfriend PS, 1619 8th Ave. N., Seattle, WA, 98109-3007, Levi Larson , Larson Health Advocates, PLLC, 1700 7th Ave. Ste. 2100, Seattle, WA, 98101-1360, Jeffrey Richard Street , Hodgkinson Street Mepham, LLC, 1620 Sw Taylor St. Ste. 350, Portland, OR, 97205-1883, for Petitioners.

Michael Simon Wampold , Ann Heacox Rosato , Leonard J. Feldman , Peterson Wampold Rosato Feldman Luna, 1001 4th Ave. Ste. 4131, Seattle, WA, 98154-1155, Ashton K. Dennis , Washington Law Center, 15 Oregon Ave. Ste. 210, Tacoma, WA, 98409-7464, for Respondent.

Gregory Mann Miller , Carney Badley Spellman PS, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 3600, Seattle, WA, 98104-7010, for Amici Curiae.


¶1 This case addresses the difference between two claims that arose from the same accident and that were based on the same medical care: a medical malpractice claim and a failure to secure informed consent claim. We adhere to our prior decisions holding that these are two separate claims and that in general, a patient cannot...

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