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Fitzgerald v. Vincent

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Three
Apr 24, 1997
85 Wn. App. 1078 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997)

Summary

finding that "error of judgment instruction may be used to supplement the standard of care instruction and should be given with caution and `be limited to situations where the doctor is confronted with a choice among competing therapeutic techniques or among medical diagnoses'"

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Opinion

No. 15052-6-III.

April 24, 1997. UNREPORTED OPINION

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court for Spokane County, No. 93-2-02677-8, Richard J. Schroeder, J., entered July 17, 1995.


Affirmed by unpublished opinion per Kurtz, J., concurred in by Sweeney, C.J., and Brown, J.


Summaries of

Fitzgerald v. Vincent

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Three
Apr 24, 1997
85 Wn. App. 1078 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997)

finding that "error of judgment instruction may be used to supplement the standard of care instruction and should be given with caution and `be limited to situations where the doctor is confronted with a choice among competing therapeutic techniques or among medical diagnoses'"

Summary of this case from Pleasants v. Alliance Corp.
Case details for

Fitzgerald v. Vincent

Case Details

Full title:NORINE FITZGERALD, Appellant , v. RONALD L. VINCENT, M.D., ET AL.…

Court:The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Three

Date published: Apr 24, 1997

Citations

85 Wn. App. 1078 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997)
85 Wash. App. 1078

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