Hurspool v. Ralston

Plaintiff commenced this action for damages for malpractice against defendant, Dr. F. L. Ralston, an eye specialist of Walla Walla. The trial court sustained a challenge to the sufficiency of plaintiff’s evidence. She appeals from a judgment of dismissal.

The oft-quoted rule which governs this case is set forth in Cochran v. Harrison Memorial Hospital, 42 Wn. (2d) 264, 267, 254 P. (2d) 752 (1953), as follows:

“We have held that, before a physician or surgeon may be held liable for malpractice, he must have done something in the treatment of his patient which the recognized standard of medical…