Hoeffel v. Campbell

HAIRE, Presiding Judge.

This appeal requires that the Court consider the geographic boundaries of the area that establishes the standard of care in a medical malpractice action. The plaintiffs-appellants challenge the propriety of the trial court’s jury instructions on this issue, which limited the area to Phoenix, Arizona, and assert that the alleged instructional error was a significant cause of the jury’s rendering a defense verdict.

Initially, appellee calls to the Court’s attention the fact that the challenged and requested jury instructions have not been set forth in haec verba in an…