TACOMA — A Pierce County jury has awarded $16.7 million to the family and estate of a Puyallup woman who died in the 2009 swine flu epidemic.
The News Tribune newspaper reports the jury found Dr. William Marsh of Summit View Clinic did not adequately inform Kathryn Flyte of all treatment options, including taking the drug Tamiflu, when she fell ill and sought relief at the clinic.
The jury determined Marsh’s failure was “a proximate cause” of Flyte’s death. Twenty-seven-year-old Kathryn Flight was seven months pregnant when she became ill.
Jurors awarded $5 million to Flyte’s estate, $5 million to her husband, Kenneth Flyte, and $6.7 million to their son, Jacob.
