Grove v. PeaceHealth St. Joseph Hospital

¶1 In the state of Washington, medical malpractice is a statutory cause of action, which requires that the plaintiff prove the standard of care to be exercised by a health care provider within the profession or class to *373which he or she belongs. This is no less the case when a hospital opts to provide medical care to its patients by using a “team approach.” Here, Raymond Grove filed a lawsuit against PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center, alleging medical malpractice for failure to timely diagnose compartment syndrome in his left leg. Grove sought damages against PeaceHealth under a theory of…