Legal Opinion
Folk v. Kilk
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 24, 1975No. Civ. 35050PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GOOD, J. *
Appellant sued St. Luke’s Hospital, Dr. Campbell, an internist, and Dr. Kilk, an ear, nose and throat specialist, to recover damages for injuries resulting from a brain abscess that became manifest five days after Dr. Kilk had performed a tonsillectomy upon him. A judgment qf nonsuit was entered in favor of the hospital. The juiy returned a defense verdict in favor of the doctors. The trial court had refused res ipsa loquitur instructions requested by appellant.
The surgery was about 8 a.m., on May 21, 1970. Dr. Kilk prescribed the post operative administration of an…
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