Jensen v. Archbishop Bergan Mercy Hospital

C.E. Jensen, special administrator of the estate of Lawrence Jensen, deceased, brought this malpractice action against Archbishop Bergan Mercy Hospital (Bergan Mercy). Jensen appeals from the judgment on the verdict for Bergan Mercy and, among his assigned errors, contends that the trial court erred in refusing one of Jensen’s tendered instructions and in submitting the issue of contributory negligence.

LAWRENCE JENSEN’S MEDICAL BACKGROUND

Lawrence “Larry” Jensen became a patient of Dr. Richard E. Peters in 1976, when Larry suffered a back injury while playing football for the UNO Mavericks. At…