Seattle Children’s ordered to release mold records in precedent-setting case
After a court battle against KING 5 and public health departments, the appeals court ruled Seattle Children’s must turn over records about mold infections. Author: Chris Ingalls Updated: 9:47 PM PDT May 3, 2021
SEATTLE A Washington state appeals court has upheld a lower court order requiring public health departments to release to KING 5 documents related to Aspergillus mold infections at Seattle Children’s hospital.
The decision appears to have ended the hospital’s year-and-a-half-long legal campaign to block the release of mold-related records by Public Health – Seattle & King County and the Washington State Department of Health (DOH).