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HICKS v. CANESSA

No. 08-91-00234-CV.

825 S.W.2d 542 (1992)

Kathy HICKS, Appellant, v. Juan F. CANESSA, M.D., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

February 26, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Spieczny, El Paso, for appellant.

David D. Burtner, Mary C. Baker, Dudley, Dudley & Windle, El Paso, for appellee.

Before WOODARD, KOEHLER and BARAJAS, JJ.

OPINION

WOODARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the physician in a malpractice claim. We affirm.

Ms. Hicks suffered a herniated disk that was operated upon in December of 1988. Dr. Howard Lee, the surgeon, mistakenly incised into the wrong vertebral level. Certain complications, including spinal fluid leakage, were effectuated in the process. This required surgical correction. The originally contemplated surgery was...

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