Legal Opinion
James A. Williams Rita R. Williams v. Don A. Birkeness Birkeness Chiropractic Clinic Harry Lounce Spelman-St. Luke's Hospital Socorro S. Lampa
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 4, 1994No. 93-3630PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
Complaining of aches between his shoulders and tightness in his throat, James A. Williams consulted chiropractor Don A. Birkeness. Dr. Birkeness treated Williams’s back pain with chiropractic manipulation. After several treatments, Williams’s pain worsened and he experienced nausea, which Dr. Birkeness attributed to the back pain. When his pain became more severe and spread to his chest, Williams went to the emergency room at Spelman-St. Luke’s Hospital. There, nurse Socorro S. Lampa took Williams’s medical history and physician Harry Lounce examined Williams. Dr. Lounce…
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