McDevitt v. Harborview Medical Center

Chambers, J.*

¶24 (concurring in result only) — While I concur in result, the lead opinion is wrong in its statutory analysis, ignores the clear direction of the legislature to avoid inconsistent presuit notice requirements, fails to treat similar government and private entities the same, and reaches an absurd result. It confuses what the legislature could constitutionally do with what the legislature did do in the 2009 medical malpractice reform legislation. The lead opinion acknowledges that “[t]he purpose of these exemptions was to avoid inconsistent presuit notice requirements in medical…