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2018Burke responded that admission of these statements would violate his right to confrontation under Crawford v. Washington , 541 U.S. 36 , 124 S.Ct. 1354 , 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004). ¶ 16 At the motion hearing, Frey testified that she was a SANE nurse and that she had examined KEH.

2018Burke responded that admission of these statements would violate his right to confrontation under Crawford v. Washington , 541 U.S. 36 , 124 S.Ct. 1354 , 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004). ¶ 16 At the motion hearing, Frey testified that she was a SANE nurse and that she had examined KEH.

2023Further, as Davis’ medical negligence claim was not based on negligent acts or omissions that were observable to the layperson’s eye, e.g., “amputating the wrong limb or poking a patient in the eye while stitching a - 14 - wound on the face,” the trial court did not err in determining that Nadarajah was not qualified to offer an opinion on the proximate cause of Anne’s death.9 Id.

2016In 1994, in Leeper, our Supreme Court characterized the practice of "using vocational experts to assess a claimant's disability, or, as the Fochtman court named it, the worker's 'employability'" as a "now universal practice." 123 Wn.2d at 812 (quoting Fochtman, 7 Wn.

2016In 1994, in Leeper, our Supreme Court characterized the practice of "using vocational experts to assess a claimant's disability, or, as the Fochtman court named it, the worker's 'employability'" as a "now universal practice." 123 Wn.2d at 812 (quoting Fochtman, 7 Wn.

2016"Vocational experts can often offer a more realistic appraisal of the overall ability and motivation of an injured worker, as their testimony is more likely to include an economic as well as a medical analysis." Id.

1992Assuming without holding that any difference between the legal duty of care and the medical standard of care can become a jury question in a proper case, see Gates v. Jensen, 92 Wn.2d 246, 253 , 595 P.2d 919 (1979) (difference was jury question under prior statute), there is no evidence in this case from which to infer the complexity of the operation; the defendant doctor's other duties; the necessity or desirability of a doctor relying on sponge counts by the nurses; or any other fact from which a jury could find that a reasonably prudent doctor would not have relied on nurses to count sponge

1992Assuming without holding that any difference between the legal duty of care and the medical standard of care can become a jury question in a proper case, see Gates v. Jensen, 92 Wn.2d 246, 253 , 595 P.2d 919 (1979) (difference was jury question under prior statute), there is no evidence in this case from which to infer the complexity of the operation; the defendant doctor's other duties; the necessity or desirability of a doctor relying on sponge counts by the nurses; or any other fact from which a jury could find that a reasonably prudent doctor would not have relied on nurses to count sponge

1980Hayes v. Hulswit, 73 Wn.2d 796 , 440 P.2d 949 (1968); RCW 4.24.290. 9 A Dr. Snyder In order to find Dr. Snyder negligent as a matter of law for his failure to give the tests that would have diagnosed Keogan's heart condition, the plaintiffs would have to show that the applicable medical standard of care compelled him to rule out the possibility of heart disease when presented with a patient with Keogan's symptoms.

1974That issue is not presented in this case, however, evidence of a medical standard having been presented. 2 Canterbury v. Spence, 464 F.2d 772 (D.C.

1973See Pederson v. Dumouchel, 72 Wn.2d 73 , 431 P.2d 973 , 31 A.L.R.3d 1100 (1967); Douglas v. Bussabarger, 73 Wn.2d 476 , 438 P.2d 829 (1968).

1973See Pederson v. Dumouchel, 72 Wn.2d 73 , 431 P.2d 973 , 31 A.L.R.3d 1100 (1967); Douglas v. Bussabarger, 73 Wn.2d 476 , 438 P.2d 829 (1968).