KERR v. BOCK

Docket No. L.A. 29831.

5 Cal.3d 321 (1971)

486 P.2d 684

95 Cal. Rptr. 788

EVA M. KERR, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GUSTAVUS BOCK, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 8, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

O'Rourke & Greenberg, David Greenberg, William Jerome Pollack, Joel F. Citron and David H. Olson for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Bonne & Jones and H. Gilbert Jones for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

McCOMB, J.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment in favor of defendant in a medical malpractice action.

Facts: Plaintiff, a 67-year old woman in generally good health, consulted a doctor because of a pain in her left leg. X-rays revealed a tumor on her left femur, and the radiologist diagnosed probable osteogenic sarcoma. A biopsy was scheduled. During the surgery, performed by defendant February 7, 1963, a portion...

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