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VINCENT BY STATON v. FAIRBANKS MEM. HOSP.

No. S-4553.

862 P.2d 847 (1993)

Elaine VINCENT, by her legal guardian, Tim STATON, Appellant, v. FAIRBANKS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, and Lutheran Hospitals and Homes Society of America, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 29, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Ames Luce, Dan A. Hensley, Luce & Hensley, Anchorage, for appellant.

Howard A. Lazar, Delaney, Wiles, Hayes, Reitman & Brubaker, Inc., Anchorage, for appellees.

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

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

In this appeal, we must determine if the superior court's causation instruction constituted prejudicial error.

FACTS & PROCEEDINGS

On December 11, 1988, at 6:14 a.m., Elaine Vincent (Vincent) was admitted to the emergency room at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital (FMH), for treatment of severe abdominal cramps which were accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea. Vincent was attended to by Kathy...

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