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AINSWORTH v. COMBINED INS. CO. OF AMERICA

No. 17625.

763 P.2d 673 (1988)

Thomas AINSWORTH, Appellant, v. COMBINED INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

October 26, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Chase Neumann, Bradley & Drendel, Reno, for appellant.

Mortimer, Sourwine, Mousel, Sloane & Knobel, Reno, Lionel, Sawyer & Collins and M. Kristina Pickering, Las Vegas, for respondent.

Lambrose, FitzSimmons & Perkins, Carson City, for amicus curiae.

OPINION

GUNDERSON, Chief Justice.

On January 14, 1982, Thomas Ainsworth was a healthy, working man who also served his community as a member of the Sparks City Council. His only health concerns involved occasional "dizzy spells," which he had experienced at irregular intervals over a period of several years. Within twenty-four hours, Thomas Ainsworth's life was shattered. Because of an accident which occurred during the administration of an angiogram, Thomas...

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