A Washington state appellate court panel here recently rejected a lawsuit against Spokane's Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital and related parties that was predicated partly on what's called a 'lost chance” malpractice

A Spokane County Superior Court judge applied the wrong standard of care when she decided that board members of a homeowners association in Mead shouldn't be held individually liable for their actions, an appellate court panel here ruled last week. The

A former chief financial officer for Rockwood Clinic PS who claims he essentially was fired for refusing to doctor an earnings projection for the big health provider network here can proceed to trial with his lawsuit for wrongful discharge, an appellate c

Avista Corp., of Spokane, would be able to raise electric and natural gas rates in Washington on Jan. 1, but not as much as it originally had proposed, if a settlement agreement is approved by the Washington Utilities and Transportation.

The two veteran bond attorneys and two paralegals who comprised the Spokane law firm of Koegen Edwards LLP have joined with Kutak Rock LLP, giving that big national firm its first presence in Washington state and the legal team here much deeper expertise

Being a longtime observer of the local political scene, particularly as it relates to making the Inland Northwest a business-friendly place that also offers a high quality of life, I find it easy to get discouraged by the endless jurisdictional turf battl

Providence Health Care, the Spokane-based nonprofit network of hospitals, physician clinics, and other health care organizations and programs, says it contributed more than $133 million last year to provide services to thousands of needy residents through

Group Health Cooperative and Providence Health Care say they have established a name-CareUnity-and a brand for an 'accountable care organization” they founded jointly in 2012, and already are starting to see some care delivery improvements as a re