Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Suit against doctor yields $813,000

  March 29, 2013 in City on Page A5 A Spokane jury awarded $813,000 this week to a woman whose foot was amputated following the wrong diagnosis by a local physician. It was the second time a jury heard … 72

• Mother’s suit faces challenges

  November 3, 2010 in City on Page A5 Kathleen Smith was a sweet, 52-year-old woman whose body aged but her mind did not. She lived in state care from age 14 until her death at the Lakeland Village …

• Malpractice retrial affirmed

  December 18, 2009 in City on Page A15 A Spokane judge was correct to throw out a jury verdict in a medical malpractice case after he learned jurors had made racially derogatory comments about the Japanese heritage of …

• Appeals court backs judge’s decision on jury remarks

  December 17, 2009 in City A Spokane judge was correct to throw out a jury verdict in a medical malpractice case after he learned jurors had made racially derogatory comments about the Japanese heritage of … 1

• Judges reconsider decision tossed after racial comments

  October 13, 2009 in City Three state appellate judges were asked Tuesday to reinstate a verdict in favor of a local doctor after five jurors in the original malpractice trial reportedly made derogatory comments about … 1

• State bar may weigh in on jury comments

  March 21, 2009 in City on Page B2 The Washington State Bar Association may be joining the legal debate over whether a Spokane jury’s racially charged remarks against a plaintiff’s lawyer during deliberations in a medical malpractice trial … 1

• Woman not required to repay benefits

    February 5, 2009 in Business on Page A8 Stephanie Monroe learned this week she doesn’t have to repay Washington state about $7,000 in unemployment benefits. The Spokane worker’s case in a recent state appeals court ruling came after …

• Court: Woman not required to repay benefits

    February 4, 2009 in Business Stephanie Monroe learned this week she doesn’t have to repay Washington state about $7,000 in unemployment benefits.

• Racial remarks prompt new trial

  January 26, 2008 in City A Spokane County Superior Court judge has ordered a new trial in a medical malpractice case where a Spokane attorney of Japanese descent was repeatedly referred to as “Mr. Kamikaze” …

• Lawyer says Japanese heritage affected verdict

  January 15, 2008 in City The medical malpractice verdict in Spokane County Superior Court was read on Dec. 7, 2007 – Pearl Harbor Day.