CROUCH v. MOST

No. 8191.

432 P.2d 250 (1967)

78 N.M. 406

Charles CROUCH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John A. MOST, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

October 2, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emmett C. Hart, Tucumcari, for appellant.

Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, Robert D. Taichert, Albuquerque, for appellee.


OPINION

CHAVEZ, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant Charles Crouch filed a complaint alleging that defendant-appellee John A. Most, as a physician, negligently treated appellant for a snakebite, resulting in the amputation of the index and middle fingers of appellant's left hand. The jury returned a verdict for appellee and appellant appeals.

On August 11, 1963, appellant, an amateur snake handler, received a rattlesnake bite on the index and middle...

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