Tag Archives: professional negligence

Breast Implants and Bungee Jumps

A doctor goes bungee jumping and injures his eye. He ends up having surgery on the eye. He then performs a breast augmentation surgery for a patient, using saline implants. Later the patient notices rippling on her left upper breast. She goes back to the doctor who replaces the saline implants with gel implants. She […]

Man Finds Lump on His Ankle – Has a Seizure a Year Later

A man found a lump on his right ankle causing him minor discomfort. He went to his doctor, who tentatively diagnosed the lump as a benign ganglion cyst, ordered an x-ray of the ankle to ensure no structural defects, referred the man to an orthopedic specialist, and instructed him to follow-up as necessary. The man […]

Medical Malpractice Case Dismissed on Basketball Analogy

Our law firm did not participate in the lawsuit described in this article. Many personal injury cases that are dismissed are dismissed because of a failure to initiate the lawsuit prior to the running of the statute of limitations. Of dismissals upheld on appeal many, if not most, were dismissed for the same reason. In […]

Courts Rule Parents of Developmentally Disabled Have no Wrongful Death Claim

The parents of a 26 year old developmentally disabled adult sued for wrongful death, alleging a pharmacy refilled their son’s prescription for anti-seizure mediation at a higher than required dosage, and that lowering the dosage approximately two months later resulted in his death. The trial court dismissed the claim, not because it lacked merit, but […]

Court Rules Medical in Malpractice Case

Our firm was NOT involved in this case. This week the Court of Appeals announced its decision in a medical malpractice case. The plaintiff alleged she was suffered a systematic allergic reaction from a stent inserted in her coronary artery. She brought suit against the doctor who inserted the stent.

Court Holds That Woman Injured by Drunk Driver Must Seek Compensation from Her Original Attorney

The Washington Supreme Court recently ruled that in a case of attorney malpractice the prejudgment interest should have been calculated on the total amount of the settlement lost, not the amount the injured party would have recovered after paying an attorney fee.[1]

Washington Supreme Court Strikes Down Medical Malpractice Law

By personal injury lawyer Travis Scott Eller. Our personal injury law firm took no part in this lawsuit. A 2006 law required persons in Washington alleging injury from medical malpractice to file with the complaint a certificate of merit signed by an expert. In a decision announced a few months ago the Washington Supreme Court […]

Injury Claim Dismissed as Time Barred

In a recent decision the Washington Court of Appeals upheld dismissal of a personal injury claim as time barred.[1] The plaintiff’s attorney named and served Elizabeth Loeliger rather than Elisabeth Loeliger.

New Trial Granted to Medical Malpractice Plaintiff After Juror Racial Comments

After a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case the plaintiff was granted a new trial based on racially based juror comments directed at the plaintiff’s attorney. The defendant doctor appealed the granting of the new trial. In a published opinion the Court of Appeals upheld the granting of a new trial.[1] The case is […]

Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Claims not Subject to the Consumer Protection Act

In a recent decision the Washington Supreme Court held that the Consumer Protection Act does not apply to medical malpractice claims. Ambach v. French et. al., No. 81107-5, September 24, 2009.

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