HOLMES v. GAMBLE

No. 78-910.

624 P.2d 905 (1980)

G. Dudley HOLMES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William E. GAMBLE, M.D., and Carl F. Heaton, M.D., Defendants-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

Rehearing Denied November 28, 1980.

Certiorari Granted March 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dufty, Schoenwald & Hultin, Lawrence J. Schoenwald, Denver, for plaintiff-appellant.

Johnson & Mahoney, P. C., Paul E. Scott, Denver, for defendant-appellee William E. Gamble.

Yegge, Hall & Evans, Eugene O. Daniels, Denver, for defendant-appellee Carl F. Heaton.


SMITH, Judge.

In this medical malpractice action, plaintiff appeals the judgments entered on directed verdicts in favor of both defendants. We affirm.

Plaintiff, an excavation contractor in Vail, Colorado, injured his knee while installing sewer pipe in a ditch when the ditch caved in, burying plaintiff up to his waist. Rescuers extricated plaintiff from the ditch and transported him to the Vail clinic where it was determined that his knee required immediate...

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