Legal Opinion
Townsend v. Kiracoff
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided August 16, 1982No. 81-K-1618PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KANE, District Judge.
This is a diversity action by the plaintiff, Sandra Townsend, for the wrongful death of her husband allegedly resulting from medical malpractice. The deceased was admitted to Mercy Medical Center on September 14, 1979 and underwent the surgical removal of his left kidney by the defendant Kiracoff on September 20, 1979. Two days later Townsend died as a result of ligation or tying off of the celiac and superior mes-enteric arteries during the kidney surgery. The plaintiff alleges that decedent died as a result of Kiracoff’s and the hospital’s…
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