Good v. West Seattle General Hospital Corp.

Evelyn Good, who will be referred to in this opinion as the plaintiff, was injured while engaged in moving an anesthesia machine down a ramp in the defendant’s hospital in West Seattle, where she was employed as a nurse anesthetist. The accident happened when the machine tipped back upon her, pinning her to the floor. In her complaint, it was alleged that the defendant was negligent (1) in failing to keep its premises safe for its employees, (2) in failing to provide a sufficient number of anesthesia machines so that the movement thereof would not be necessary, (3) in requiring the plaintiff…