Legal Opinion
Hill v. Sacred Heart Medical Center
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided February 26, 2008No. 25583-2-IIIPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶1 This is a medical malpractice case. The court concluded that the plaintiffs failed to show the necessary qualifications of their experts and that the plaintiffs’ affidavits were not sufficient to show a causal relationship between any breaches of the duty of care and the plaintiffs’ injury. We conclude that the plaintiffs have met their threshold burden of producing sufficient evidence. And we reverse the summary dismissal of their complaint and remand for trial.
Sweeney, C.J.
FACTS
Background
¶2 John Hill underwent bilateral knee surgery at Sacred Heart Medical Center in June 2004. Dr.…
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