Burnet v. Spokane Ambulance

The issue before us is whether the *487Court of Appeals erred in affirming a trial court’s decision disallowing evidence and limiting discovery by the plaintiffs on the issue of whether a hospital negligently granted privileges to two doctors who, according to the plaintiffs, were unqualified to recognize or treat their daughter’s serious neurological condition. We reverse the Court of Appeals and remand the case for trial on that issue.

Tristen Burnet was born on July 3, 1982. At about the time Tristen turned five months old, she began to suffer from seizures. On December 9, 1983, Tristen had a…