FALCHER v. ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER

No. 1 CA-CIV 1760.

19 Ariz. App. 247 (1973)

506 P.2d 287

Edna M. FALCHER, now known as Edna M. Falcher Gent, Appellant, v. ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, an Arizona corporation, Patty J. Ryan, M.D., and Sue Mulvihill, Appellees.

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

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1973.

Review Denied April 17, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Allen Reiss, Sheldon Mitchell, Phoenix, for appellant.

Moore, Romley, Robbins & Green by Craig R. Kepner, Phoenix, for appellees St. Luke's Hospital and Mulvihill.

Renaud, Cook, Miller & Cordova, P.A. by John H. Seidel, Phoenix, for appellee Ryan.


EUBANK, Presiding Judge.

The main issue raised on appeal by this medical malpractice case is whether the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur.

The plaintiff-appellant Edna M. Falcher, hereafter "plaintiff", filed a medical malpractice action against appellees St. Luke's Hospital Medical Center, hereafter "Hospital", Patty J. Ryan, M.D., hereafter "Dr. Ryan", and Sue Mulvihill, hereafter "Nurse". This...

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