Legal Opinion
Simone v. Sabo
California Supreme Court
Decided May 18, 1951No. L. A. 21854PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*254EDMONDS, J.
A jury awarded Paul Simone damages for the asserted malpractice of Dr. Victor 0. Sabo in removing an impacted tooth. The appeal from the judgment entered upon the verdict principally concerns the question as to whether it was a breach of duty for Dr. Sabo, as a general practitioner, to have undertaken such an extraction.
According to the testimony of Simone, when he consulted Dr. Sabo, his teeth were examined and X-rays taken. He was told that several of his teeth should be removed, one of which was the impacted left lower second bicuspid. Dr. Sabo said that the extraction of the…
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