Richards v. Overlake Hospital Medical Center
Court of Appeals of Washington
1Opinion of the Court
Grosse, A.C.J.
Jeffrey and Linda Richards, for themselves and on behalf of their daughter Michelle (collectively known hereafter as Richards), sought damages in a malpractice action against their former family physician, Dr. Haeg, and from The Overlake Hospital High Risk Team physicians, Drs. Joneschild, Lux, and Pollack. Richards *268alleged the defendants were negligent in the care of their newborn daughter which resulted in severe neurological deficits. The defendants denied any negligence, claiming the infant had prebirth brain malformation and related birth defects. After a 6-week trial, and…
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