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JOHNSON v. GORTON

No. 10514.

495 P.2d 1 (1972)

94 Idaho 595

Juanita JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard K. GORTON, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

March 21, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth E. Lyon, Jr., Pocatello, for plaintiff-appellant.

Merrill & Merrill, Pocatello, for defendant-respondent.

McQUADE, Chief Justice.

This appeal challenges application of the statute of limitations1 to an action for allegedly negligent failure by a surgeon to remove a bullet during emergency treatment of a gunshot wound in 1959. The original complaint, filed in 1969, alleged that the defendant surgeon failed to disclose the continued presence of the bullet, that he led plaintiff to believe it had been extracted, and that a subsequent infection...

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