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THOMPSON v. AVERA QUEEN OF PEACE HOSP.

No. 26296.

827 N.W.2d 570 (2013)

2013 SD 8

Bette THOMPSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. AVERA QUEEN OF PEACE HOSPITAL and Chris Krouse, M.D., Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided January 16, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Casey N. Bridgman , Wessington Springs, South Dakota and Ronald K. Miller , Plankinton, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellant.

Roger A. Sudbeck , Meghann M. Joyce , of Boyce, Greenfield, Pashby & Welk, LLP, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Attorneys for defendants and appellees.

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] After her surgeon performed wrist surgery, plaintiff went to a second doctor complaining of ongoing wrist pain. She had to undergo another surgery. Plaintiff brought suit for medical malpractice against the first surgeon. A jury returned a verdict for the surgeon. Plaintiff appeals.

Background

[¶ 2.] On September 29, 2007, Bette Thompson, 70 years old at the time, fell while pruning a tree and fractured her left...

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