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Pickens v. Va. Mason Franciscan Health, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 26898, 2024 WL 4562752 (2024)

Carter v. MultiCare Health Sys., 31 Wn. App. 2d 755, 553 P.3d 98 (2024)

Kim v. Seattle Child.'s Hosp., 2024 Wash. App. LEXIS 2429, 2024 WL 5117379 (2024)

Beard v. Everett Clinic, PLLC, 2024 Wash. App. LEXIS 2168, 2024 WL 4588800 (2024)

Green v. State, 2024 Wash. App. LEXIS 996 (2024)

Bushman v. Va. Mason Med. Ctr., 2024 Wash. App. LEXIS 574, 2024 WL 1256371 (2024)

Lyons v. Vaiman, 2023 Wash. App. LEXIS 145, 2023 WL 1103801 (2023)

Dietrich v. Neely, 2023 Wash. App. LEXIS 340, 2023 WL 2131275 (2023)

Foster v. Bellingham Urology Specialists, PLLC, 2023 Wash. App. LEXIS 588, 2023 WL 2646665 (2023)

Davis v. Dep't of Corr., 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 16402 (9^th Cir. 2023)

Li v. Ma, 2023 Wash. App. LEXIS 1449, 2023 WL 4863262 (2023)

Peterson v. Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs., 28 Wn. App. 2d 16, 534 P.3d 869 (2023)

Eckard v. Langdon, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 24789 (9^th Cir. 2023)

Kachara v. Swedish Health Servs., 2022 Wash. App. LEXIS 273, 2022 WL 354686 (2022)

Williams v. Franciscan Health Sys., 2022 Wash. App. LEXIS 787, 2022 WL 1076108 (2022)

Ram v. Port Wash., LLC, 2022 Wash. App. LEXIS 2317, 2022 WL 17425722 (2022)

Cantu v. Usoltsev, 2021 Wash. App. LEXIS 633, 2021 WL 1092692 (2021)

Ma v. Densmore, 845 Fed. Appx. 667, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 12503, 2021 WL 1626625 (9^th Cir. 2021)

Menzer v. Catholic Health Initiatives, 2021 Wash. App. LEXIS 2058, 2021 WL 3508620 (2021)

Pil Chin Yun v. St. Francis Hosp., 2021 Wash. App. LEXIS 2073, 2021 WL 3619916 (2021)

Thomas v. Swedish Hosp., 2021 Wash. App. LEXIS 2316, 2021 WL 4435440 (2021)

Soocey v. CHI Franciscan, 2020 Wash. App. LEXIS 2799 (2020)

Fergen v. Sestero, 182 Wn.2d 794 (2015)

In medical malpractice action, Washington Supreme Court upheld exercise of judgment instruction, which reminds a jury that if a physician exercises the reasonable care and skill generally required by the physician's position, the physician's choosing between alternate treatments or diagnoses does not make the physician legally liable for making a wrong choice.

Ockletree v. Franciscan Health Sys., 179 W.2d 769 (2014)

Chadwick Farms Homeowners’ Ass’n v. FHC LLC, 166 Wn.2d 178 (2009)

Ambach v. French, 167 Wn.2d 167 (2009)

Stewart-Graves v. Vaughn, 162 Wn.2d 115 (2007)

Mayer v. Sto Industries, Inc., 156 Wn.2d 677 (2006)

$1,500,000 judgment in favor of homeowner, alleging product liability and consumer protection act claims arising out of exterior insulation and finish system (EIFS), synthetic stucco, caused home to dry rot to point of collapse.

Coppernoll v. Reed, 155 Wn.2d 290 (2005)

Estate of Otani v. Broudy, 151 Wn.2d 750 (2004)

Breckenridge v. Valley Gen. Hosp., 150 Wn.2d 197 (2003)

Gustav v. Seattle Urological Assocs., 90 Wn. App. 785 (1998)

Upheld dismissal of informed consent claim, holding that, while a physician has a duty to disclose an abnormality in the patient's body which may indicate risk or danger, a physician's failure to diagnose a condition is a matter of medical negligence, not a violation of the duty to inform.

Washington State Phys. Ins. Exch. & Ass’n v. Fisons Corp., 122 Wn.2d 299 (1993)

Shorter v. Drury, 103 Wn.2d 605 (1985)

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