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LONG v. HACKER

No. S-91-1207.

520 N.W.2d 195 (1994)

246 Neb. 547

Robert S. LONG, M.D., Appellant, v. Robert J. HACKER, M.D., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

August 5, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Riekes and Kevin R. Hopp, of Richards, Riekes, Brown & Zabin, P.C., for appellant.

Patrick G. Vipond, David J. Schmitt, and Raymond E. Walden, of Kennedy, Holland, DeLacy & Svoboda, for appellee.

HASTINGS, C.J., and WHITE, CAPORALE, FAHRNBRUCH, LANPHIER, and WRIGHT, JJ.

LANPHIER, Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant, Robert S. Long, M.D., brought a medical malpractice action against defendant-appellee, Robert J. Hacker, M.D., a neurosurgeon, in the district court for Douglas County. Hacker had performed a laminectomy on Long, and it is uncontested that Hacker operated on the wrong vertebrae of Long's spine. This miscalculation was apparently due to the misinterpretation of an x ray. The jury found in favor of Hacker. The Nebraska Court of...

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