Legal Opinion
Colwell v. Holy Family Hospital
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided January 4, 2001No. 18164-2-IIIPublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Following the death of Theresa Colwell, Delores A. Colwell, on behalf of herself and the estate of Theresa Colwell, and Colleen Colwell (the Colwells) filed a medical negligence suit against Holy Family Hospital. After the trial court granted summary judgment dismissal to Holy Family, the Colwells appealed. We decide the trial court did not err in (A) deciding a nurse relating nursing deficiencies may not express an opinion relating the nursing deficiencies to the medical causation of death (an issue of first impression), (B) not considering three physicians’ declarations, and (C) not…
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