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SNYDER v. FOOTE

No. S-3756.

822 P.2d 1353 (1991)

Jennifer R. SNYDER, a minor, and Kenneth O. Snyder, and Rhonda Snyder, parents of Jennifer R. Snyder, a minor, Appellants, v. J. Timothy FOOTE, M.D., and Tanana Valley Medical-Surgical Group, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 13, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth W. Legacki, Anchorage, and Donovan R. Flora, Longfelder, Tinker, Kidman & Flora, Inc., P.S., Seattle, Wash., for appellants.

Marcus R. Clapp and David F. Leonard, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Fairbanks, for appellees.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

A jury returned a defense verdict in a medical malpractice suit. The Snyders appeal the admission of certain evidence. We reverse.

I.

The parties do not dispute the relevant underlying facts. On July 6, 1987, Jennifer Snyder's parents took her to see Dr. Timothy Foote, a pediatrician. Jennifer was six years old, and was complaining of abdominal pain. Dr. Foote diagnosed Jennifer as having gastroenteritis...

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