Joshi v. Providence Health System of Oregon Corp.

Satyapriy Joshi died of a stroke after two doctors failed to diagnose his condition. Joshi’s wife brought a wrongful death action against both doctors and the hospital and clinic where each practices. The trial court directed a verdict for defendants after plaintiff proffered expert opinion testimony that a timely diagnosis and proper treatment would have improved Joshi’s chance of survival by approximately 30 percent but that Joshi probably would have died anyway. Plaintiff appeals, assigning error to the trial court’s ruling that she failed to present sufficient evidence that defendants’…