Legal Opinion
Frisnegger v. Gibson
Montana Supreme Court
Decided August 1, 1979No. 14189PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheehy
This is an appeal by Dr. Harry C. Gibson, an ophthalmologist of Kalispell, Montana, from a judgment of $175,000 against him in favor of the plaintiff, Harold M. Frisnegger on a malpractice claim.
Dr. Gibson admitted liability during the course of the trial. In his appeal from the judgment in the District Court, Eleventh Judicial District, Flathead County, he contends that the damage award was excessive, and is not supported by the evidence; and that the jury was improperly instructed by the trial court.
On October 16, 1975, Frisnegger had a chalazion, a small growth, in the middle of his left…
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