Thompson v. Grays Harbor Community Hospital

Dr. Shahnaz Thompson urges us to restore a jury verdict awarding her $90,000 damages against Grays Harbor Community Hospital for tortious interference with her medical practice. The verdict was set aside by the trial court as it granted the hospital's motion for judgment n.o.v. and in the alternative, a new trial. The hospital defends the judgment n.o.v. on the grounds: (1) that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury's verdict; and (2) the verdict, based on vicarious liability, was inconsistent with the jury's exoneration of the hospital's named agents. The hospital defends the…