GANNON v. ELLIOT

Docket No. C013128.

19 Cal.App.4th 1 (1993)

23 Cal. Rptr.2d 86

BETTY L. GANNON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WILLIAM A. ELLIOT, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

September 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Beeman & Beeman and Paul L. Beeman for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Donahue & Callaham, Donahue, Lambert & Wood, Barry A. Vogel and Stephen J. Mackey for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

DAVIS, J.

In this medical malpractice action involving a foreign object left in plaintiff's right hip following surgery, plaintiff appeals from a judgment in favor of the surgeon, William A. Elliot, M.D. Plaintiff claims the trial court erred prejudicially when it foreclosed the jurors from using their common knowledge in evaluating the question of negligence. We agree and reverse...

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