CARTER v. MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM

No. 58608-8-II.

553 P.3d 98 (2024)

Russell and Megan CARTER, and the marital community composed thereof, and on behalf of their minor children, S.C. and E.C., Appellants, v. MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM, a Washington Nonprofit Corporation; Dr. Elizabeth Woods and John Doe Woods and the marital community composed thereof; State of Washington, a sovereign state; Department of Social & Health Services; Child Protective Services, agencies of the State of Washington; Nerissa Shirley & John Doe Shirley, wife and husband, individually and the marital community composed thereof, Respondents, City of Tacoma, a municipality; Tacoma Police Department, an agent of the city of Tacoma; William Muse & Jane Doe Kelly, husband and wife, individually and the marital community composed thereof, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

Filed July 30, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Alan Preble, Attorney at Law, 2120 State Ave., Ne, Olympia, WA, 98506-6515, for Appellants.

Torts Division A.g. Office, Attorney at Law, 7141 Cleanwater Lane Sw, P.O. Box 40126, Olympia, WA, 98504-0126, Julie Ann Turley, Washington State Attorney General's Offi., 1250 Pacific Ave., Ste. 105, Tacoma, WA, 98402-4318, Brennen Jordan Johnson, Johnson, Graffe, Keay, Moniz, & Wick, 2115 N 30th St., Ste. 101, Tacoma, WA, 98403-3396, Amanda Kathleen Thorsvig, Fain Anderson, Et Al, 3131 Elliott Ave., Ste. 300, Seattle, WA, 98121-3015, Deanna Rae Bui, Johnson Graffe Keay Moniz & Wick LLP, 925 4th Ave., Ste. 2300, Seattle, WA, 98104-1145, for Respondents.


PUBLISHED OPINION

¶1 Dr. Elizabeth Woods and other Mary Bridge Children's Hospital staff suspected that Megan Carter was intentionally harming her daughter, EC, through medical child abuse. In 2018, Woods accused Megan1 of medical neglect, prompting...

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