The ESTATE OF Cindy ESSEX, BY AND THROUGH Judy ESSEX, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Cindy Essex, Petitioners,
v.
GRANT COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1, d/b/a Samaritan Healthcare, a Public Hospital Respondent,
Dr. Irene W. Cruite, MD, and John Doe Cruite, husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof; Confluence Health, a Washington Corporation; Wenatchee Emergency Physicians, PC, a Washington Corporation; Dr. Christopher Davis, MD, and Jane Doe Davis, husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof; and John and Jane Does 1-10, Defendants.
Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 24, 2023.
Filed: April 11, 2024.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William A. Gilbert , Gilbert Law Firm, 421 W. Riverside Ave. Ste. 353, Spokane, WA, 99201-0402, Kristine Grelish , Grelish Law PLLC, 1606 148th Ave. Se Ste. 200, Bellevue, WA, 98007-6860, George M. Ahrend , Luvera Law Firm, 421 W. Riverside Ave. Ste. 1060, Spokane, WA, 99201-0406, for Petitioner.
Daniel Edward Huntington, Richter-Wimberley PS, 422 W. Riverside Ave. Ste. 1300, Spokane, WA, 99201-0305, Valerie Davis McOmie, Attorney at Law, 4549 Nw Aspen St., Camas, WA, 98607-8302, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Wa State Association for Justice Foundation.
Peter J. Mullenix, Friedman Rubin, 1109 1st Ave. Ste. 501, Seattle, WA, 98101-2988, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Advocates for Patient Safety.
Gregory Mann Miller, Linda Blohm Clapham, Isaac Chandler Prevost, Carney Badley Spellman PS, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 3600, Seattle, WA, 98104-7010, for Amici Curiae on behalf of Association of WA Public Hospital Districts and Washington State Hospital Association.
¶1 A patient who goes to the emergency room, if conscious, is mostly concerned with getting care, not with untangling the contractual relationship between the hospital and the doctors who work there. And yet the characterization of the hospital-doctor relationship has profound implications for a patient's ability to recover...
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