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GETCHELL v. MANSFIELD

489 P.2d 953 (1971)

Verlie B. GETCHELL, Appellant, v. Charles O. MANSFIELD, M.D., and Harley B. Hiestand, M.D., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided October 20, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levi J. Smith, Portland, argued the cause for appellant. On the briefs were Smith, Todd & Ball, P.C., Patrick M. Smith and Richard M. Sandvik, Portland.

George M. Joseph, Portland, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Morrison & Bailey, Thomas E. Cooney, Gearin, Hollister & Landis, David C. Landis and Robert H. Hollister, Portland.

Before O'CONNELL, C.J., and McALLISTER, DENECKE, HOLMAN and HOWELL, JJ.

DENECKE, Justice.

In this malpractice case the trial court granted a nonsuit in favor of the defendant physician Mansfield and the jury returned a verdict for the defendant physician Hiestand. The plaintiff appeals.

The plaintiff fell and hurt her shoulder. She went to the defendant Mansfield, a general practitioner in a small Portland suburb. He diagnosed her condition as a shoulder separation and advised that surgical repair would be necessary. He sent plaintiff...

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