Matson v. Naifeh

STRUCKMEYER, Vice Chief Justice.

This appeal by Albert Matson is from an unfavorable jury verdict in an action for medical malpractice and from the denial of his motion for a new trial. Judgment reversed.

Appellant was under treatment by Dr. Jerry Wetherell for occlusive arterial disease from October, 1972 through January, 1974. During this time, Matson underwent eight femoral arteriograms. In an arteriogram, the patient’s artery is punctured with a hollow needle and a wire with a soft tip is inserted into the blood vessel through the needle. The needle is then removed, and a catheter,…