Hughes v. PeaceHealth

In this wrongful death action, plaintiff, the personal representative of the decedent’s estate, appeals a judgment in her favor following a jury trial. Plaintiff challenges both the trial court’s reduction of the jury’s award of noneconomic damages and the post-judgment interest rate that the court applied. For the reasons explained below, we affirm.

Plaintiff brought this action against defendant PeaceHealth, a corporation doing business as PeaceHealth Medical Group, on a theory of vicarious liability. In her complaint, plaintiff alleged that three physicians employed by defendant and working…