M.N. v. MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.

No. 101537-2.

541 P.3d 346 (2024)

M.N. and G.T., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Petitioners, A.B. and W.N., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM, INC., a Washington corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Filed January 18, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cari Campen Laufenberg , Benjamin Blystad Gould , Chris Nathaniel Ryder , Kylie Nicole Fisher , Keller Rohrback LLP, 1201 3rd Ave. Ste. 3200, Seattle, WA, Jeff Nicholas Comstock , Attorney at Law, 8018 Linden Ave. N., Seattle, WA, for Petitioners.

Michele Christine Forrar Atkins , Todd Wesley Reichert , Amanda Kathleen Thorsvig , Joseph Vickers Gardner , Fain Anderson, et al., 3131 Elliott Ave. Ste. 300, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Michael F. Madden, Rhianna Marie Fronapfel, Bennett Bigelow & Leedom PS, 601 Union St. Ste. 1500, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Hospital Association.

Gregory Austin Jacoby, Lori Marie Bemis, McGavick Graves, 1102 Broadway Ste 500, P.O. Box 1317 Tacoma, WA, Seth Michael Dawson, Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC, 936 N. 34th St. Ste. 300, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.

Valerie Davis McOmie, Attorney at Law, 4549 Nw Aspen St., Camas, WA, Daniel Edward Huntington, Richter-Wimberley PS, 422 W Riverside Ave. Ste. 1300, Spokane, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association for Justice Foundation.


¶1 A nurse employed by MultiCare Health System, Cora Weberg (Nurse Weberg), improperly diverted injectable narcotics for her own use. She infected some emergency department patients with hepatitis C and may have exposed many more. MultiCare notified all patients who received injectable narcotics while Nurse Weberg was on duty that...

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