FARIS v. DOCTORS HOSPITAL, INC.

No. 1 CA-CIV 1660.

18 Ariz. App. 264 (1972)

501 P.2d 440

Margaret FARIS, Appellant, v. DOCTORS HOSPITAL, INC., et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

Rehearing Denied October 26, 1972.

Review Denied November 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duecy, Moore, Petsch & Robinson, Scottsdale by J. William Moore, Phoenix, and Lewis B. Moore, Jr., Scottsdale, for appellant.

Jack M. Anderson, Phoenix, for appellee Doctors Hospital, Inc.

Snell & Wilmer by Loren W. Counce, Jr., Phoenix, for appellee Nevins, M.D.

O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears by Richard J. Woods, Phoenix, for appellee Hayward-Butt, M.D.


EUBANK, Judge.

This appeal involves the application of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur in a medical malpractice case brought by the appellant (plaintiff), Margaret Faris, against the appellees (defendants), Charles R. Nevins, M.D., John T. Peter Hayward-Butt, M.D., and Doctors Hospital. The trial court granted each defendant a separate summary judgment, from which the appellant appealed.

Appellant questions the correctness of granting each summary...

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