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Washington State Supreme Court Approves Exercise Of Judgment Jury Instruction In Medical Malpractice Case

May 10, 2026

Supak Beard was diagnosed with lupus in 1991. Lupus is an incurable, chronic autoimmune disease where a person’s immune system attacks their own tissues and organs. A person with lupus can have symptom-free periods andsymptomatic periods, referred to as flare-ups. The most common flare-up symptoms[...]

Washington State Supreme Court Holds No Advertising Exception To Learned Intermediary Doctrine

November 23, 2022

Court Holds No Advertising Exception To Learned Intermediary Doctrine: The Supreme Court of the State of Washington (“Washington Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on June 2, 2022, “a drug manufacturer is protected under the learned intermediary doctrine even when they adver[...]

Washington Supreme Court Holds Informed Consent Claim Cannot Be Based Solely On Misdiagnosis

August 26, 2022

The Supreme Court of the State of Washington (“Washington Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on June 2, 2022, “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 [...]

Washington State Supreme Court Holds No Advertising Exception To Learned Intermediary Doctrine

August 25, 2022

The Supreme Court of the State of Washington (“Washington Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on June 2, 2022, “a drug manufacturer is protected under the learned intermediary doctrine even when they advertise directly to consumers, provided they give adequate warnings to the[...]

Recoverable Damages In Negligent Reproductive Health Care Cases

Washington State Supreme Court Holds RCW 7.70.150 Unconstitutional As To State Governmental Entities Too

August 18, 2022

Timothy Martin was a prisoner incarcerated at the Washington State Reformatory in the Monroe Correctional Complex. In January 2020, Mr. Martin filed a lawsuit against the DOC in Snohomish County Superior Court. The DOC removed the case to federal court, and in February 2021, Mr. Martin amended his c[...]

Washington Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment In Informed Consent Medical Malpractice Case

August 7, 2021

The Court of Appeals of the State of Washington (“Washington Appellate Court”) held in its published opinion filed on July 12, 2021: “Viewed in the light most favorable to Davies, as we must, her experts agree that had she undergone a CTA, she would have been diagnosed with a verte[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Involving VA

August 21, 2020

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”), in its unreported Memorandum opinion dated June 9, 2020, affirmed a federal medical malpractice verdict in favor of the United States involving alleged negligent medical care provided by the VA. The fed[...]

Washington Supreme Court Says Nurse May Be Qualified To Testify As To Proximate Cause In Medical Malpractice Case

April 28, 2017

In its decision filed on April 27, 2017, the Supreme Court of the State of Washington (“Washington Supreme Court”) held that ARNPs (advanced registered nurse practitioners) may be qualified to testify regarding causation in a medical malpractice case if the trial court determines that t[...]

Washington State Extends Lost Chance Doctrine In Medical Malpractice Cases

September 14, 2012

In a case decided last October by the Supreme Court of Washington (“the Court”), the issue before the Court was whether the “lost chance doctrine” applies in medical malpractice cases where the injuries resulted in disability rather than death (in a 1983 case, the Court h[...]

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Washington State Supreme Court Approves Exercise Of Judgment Jury Instruction In Medical Malpractice Case

Washington State Supreme Court Holds No Advertising Exception To Learned Intermediary Doctrine

Washington State Supreme Court Holds No Advertising Exception To Learned Intermediary Doctrine

Washington State Supreme Court Holds RCW 7.70.150 Unconstitutional As To State Governmental Entities Too

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Involving VA

Washington Supreme Court Says Nurse May Be Qualified To Testify As To Proximate Cause In Medical Malpractice Case

Washington State Extends Lost Chance Doctrine In Medical Malpractice Cases

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