COLTON v. DEWEY

No. 44446.

321 N.W.2d 913 (1982)

212 Neb. 126

Sharon COLTON, M.D., Appellant, v. John L. DEWEY, M.D., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

July 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Goodman and Martin A. Cannon of Matthews, Cannon & Riedmann, P. C., Omaha, for appellant.

John R. Douglas of Cassem, Tierney, Adams, Gotch & Douglas, Omaha, for appellee.

William E. Gast and Thomas J. Jenkins of Gast & Kielty, and Paul F. Peters of Taylor, Hornstein & Peters, Omaha, for amici curiae.

Heard before KRIVOSHA, C. J., and BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, CLINTON, WHITE, HASTINGS, and CAPORALE, JJ.


CAPORALE, Justice.

This appeal involves a medical malpractice case brought by Dr. Sharon Colton, appellant, against Dr. John L. Dewey, appellee. The District Court of Nebraska, Fourth Judicial District, in and for Douglas County, sustained the appellee's demurrer and dismissed appellant's petition. We affirm.

The petition alleges that from 1961 through 1965 the appellee treated Dr. Colton's chronic asthma by X-rays of, and injections of X-ray radiation particles...

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