Linton v. PCA Family Medical Centers, Inc.

JORGENSON,

Judge, dissenting.

I respectfully dissent. In my view respondents, the defendants in this medical malpractice action, should not be allowed yet another opportunity to examine petitioner, as she has already undergone more than three eleetromyograms,1 which are highly invasive diagnostic procedures.

Petitioner sustained nerve and muscle damage when, during total hip replacement surgery, respondents dropped a trial prosthetic head into her pelvic cavity. Removal of this head was not done until fourteen months later. While preparing for trial, respondents examined petitioner, but their…