( August 25, 2026, 9:07 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A Washington federal judge held that an expert in a medical malpractice case can opine that the screw placements in a woman’s spine during surgery as well as the “post-surgery follow-up fell below the standard of care for physicians in his field and that this resulted in years of debilitating back pain” but partially granted a motion for summary judgment filed by the United States limiting certain categories of damages....