CHOWDHRY v. NLVH, INC.

No. 21344.

851 P.2d 459 (1993)

Bashir A. CHOWDHRY, M.D., Appellant, v. NLVH, INC., a Nevada corporation, dba Community Hospital of North Las Vegas, Sally Lapica, Special Administratrix of the Estate of Andrew Lapica, M.D., Deceased, Marian Dreihaupt, Special Administratrix of the Estate of Lawrence Wilchins, M.D., Deceased, Frank Silver, M.D., Charles W. Moore, and American Health Care Management Home Care, Inc., a Texas corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

May 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gentile, Porter & Kelesis, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Barker, Gillock, Koning & Brown and Bruce S. Kickinson, Las Vegas, for respondent Sally Lapica.

Alverson, Taylor, Mortensen & Nelson and Daniel E. Curriden, Las Vegas, for respondents NLVH, Inc., Marian Dreihaupt, Frank Silver, Charles W. Moore and American Health Care Management Home Care, Inc.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

FACTS

The incident which precipitated this litigation occurred in the early morning hours of October 2, 1985. Shortly after midnight, a young woman entered the emergency room of the respondent hospital North Las Vegas Hospital ("NLVH"), complaining of chest pain and shortness of breath. She was seen by respondent Andrew Lapica, the emergency physician on duty. Lapica diagnosed the patient as suffering from a possible pneumohemothorax...

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