KUHNKE v. FISHER

No. 86-159.

740 P.2d 625 (1987)

John KUHNKE, Individually, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Annabelle Kuhnke, Deceased, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. John A. FISHER, Douglas W. Alvord and Bozeman Deaconess Hospital, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided May 20, 1987.

Rehearing Denied August 26, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander & Baucus, John Alexander argued, Great Falls, Paul Luvera, argued, Mount Vernon, Wash., Monte D. Beck, Bozeman, for Kuhnke.

Arnold Huppert, Jr., Livingston, argued, for Wellcome.

Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, Sherman V. Lohn argued, Missoula, Mo., for Aetna Ins.

Berg, Coil, Stokes & Tollefsen, Ben E. Berg, Jr., argued, Bozeman, for Fisher.

Wellcome, Frost & Bartlett, Page Wellcome argued, Bozeman, for Alvord.


HUNT, Justice.

Plaintiff, John Kuhnke, appeals from judgment entered upon a jury verdict in the Eighteenth Judicial District in favor of defendants John A. Fisher, M.D., and Douglas W. Alvord, M.D. Aetna Insurance Company and counsel for Dr. Alvord appeal the District Court order imposing sanctions for trial misconduct. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand.

On May 1, 1978, Annabelle Kuhnke, 6-8 months pregnant, consulted with Dr. John Fisher of Bozeman...

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