DeBOER v. BROWN

No. 16566-PR.

138 Ariz. 168 (1983)

673 P.2d 912

Daniel C. DeBOER, M.D., Petitioner, v. The Honorable Michael J. BROWN, Pima County Superior Court Judge; and Calvin L. Dotson, et al., Real Parties in Interest, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

Reconsideration Denied January 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chandler, Tullar, Udall & Redhair by Jack Redhair, Tucson, for petitioner.

Bolding & Zavala by Ed Bolding, Michael B. Grayson and Frederick S. Klein, Tucson, for real parties in interest Dotson.

Snell & Wilmer by John J. Bouma and Preston H. Longino, Jr., Phoenix, for amicus curiae, Arizona Medical Ass'n, Inc.

Lewis & Roca by Roger W. Kaufman, Phoenix, for amicus curiae, Arizona Hosp. Ass'n.

Hoffmann, Salcito, Stevens & Myers by Frank Verderame, Phoenix, for amicus curiae, Arizona Trial Lawyers, Assoc.


GORDON, Vice Chief Justice:

The facts before us are uncontested for purposes of this review. In August, 1976, Calvin L. Dotson, the plaintiff below, was being treated for various skin problems by dermatologist Daniel C. DeBoer, M.D., the defendant below. DeBoer excised a skin sample from a lesion on Dotson's back. The sample was mounted onto a slide, examined by DeBoer, and diagnosed as a compound nevus or common wart. Dotson...

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