1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. P.3d
  4. 309 P.3d
  5. 309 P.3d 416 (2013)
 

KING COUNTY PUBLIC HOSP. v. DEPT. OF HEALTH

No. 87574-0.

309 P.3d 416 (2013)

178 Wn.2d 363

KING COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 2, d/b/a Evergreen Healthcare, a Washington public hospital district, Swedish Health Services, d/b/a Swedish Visiting Nurse Services, a Washington non-profit corporation, Providence Hospice and Home Care of Snohomish County, a Washington non-profit corporation, and Hospice of Seattle, a Washington non-profit corporation, Petitioners, v. WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, a Washington governmental agency, Secretary Mary Selecky, Secretary of Washington's Department of Health in her official and individual capacity, Odyssey Healthcare Operating B, LP, a Delaware corporation, and Odyssey Healthcare, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided September 5, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Scott Fitzgerald , Gregory A. McBroom , Livengood Fitzgerald & Alskog PLLC, Kirkland, WA, Bruce W. Megard Jr. , Bennett Bigelow & Leedom PS, Seattle, WA, for Petitioners.

Richard Arthur McCartan , Rebecca R. Glasgow , Attorney General's Office, Jeffrey A.O. Freimund , Freimund Jackson Tardif & Benedict Garra, Olympia, WA, for Respondents.

GONZÁLEZ, J.

¶ 1 Rival hospice organizations challenge the Washington State Department of Health's decision (approved by a health law judge) to grant a certificate of need to Odyssey in connection with settling a federal lawsuit. The King County Superior Court revoked the certificate and remanded. The Court of Appeals reversed and reinstated Odyssey's certificate of need. We affirm that decision.

I. BACKGROUND

¶ 2 Since 1979, Washington...

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