Legal Opinion
Scruggs v. Otteman
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided November 12, 1981No. 79CA0450PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIRSHBAUM, Judge.
In this medical malpractice action, plaintiff, Curtis Neal Scruggs, appeals a jury verdict against him and in favor of defendants, Drs. Merlin Otteman, Stanley W. Henson, Jr., and James K. Wise. We reverse.
The record reveals that on Saturday, July 14, 1973, plaintiff was hospitalized for severe abdominal pains. The attending emergency room physician noted in his medical report that plaintiff complained of symptoms often indicative of a perforated ulcer. Defendant Henson, a general surgeon, treated plaintiff on Saturday and Sunday with a nasogastric tube. He elected to refrain…
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