Camp v. Bernalillo County Medical Center

I dissent.

A. Allowance of amendment to complaint during trial not error.

Defendant claims the trial court erred in allowing plaintiff to bring in an entirely new, irrelevant, factual basis for support of his allegations of negligence, namely, lack of supervision of Dr. Davenport, a third year resident, who performed an aortogram. An aortogram or arteriogram, is a surgical or radiological procedure that has many risks which may result in a stroke, brain damage and paralysis.

During plaintiff’s examination of Dr. Ole Peloso, who specialized in general and vascular surgery, a doctor who did not…