ZeBarth v. Swedish Hospital Medical Center

Defendant hospital administered to plaintiff a course of radiation therapy in treating him for Hodgkin’s disease. About a year after the treatments had ended, plaintiff became paralyzed from injury to his spinal cord. He brought this action against the hospital alleging negligence in the treatment, and a jury returned a verdict in the *14sum of $450,280. Defendant hospital appeals a judgment entered upon that verdict, making five assignments of error.1

Plaintiff, 23 years of age and on active duty with the United States Coast Guard, was stationed at Coos Bay, Oregon, when he was taken to the Coos…