Legal Opinion
Pratt v. Petelin
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 19, 2013No. 11-3282PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
Mrs. Jennifer Pratt sued Joseph Petelin, M.D. for medical negligence. The district court submitted four factual theories of negligence to the jury, which returned a general verdict against Dr. Petelin in the amount of $153,000. Dr. Petelin appeals, claiming three of the four factual contentions submitted to the jury were unsupported by sufficient evidence. We hold that Dr. Petelin waived this argument by not objecting to the general verdict form and requesting a special verdict.
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Mrs. Pratt was diagnosed with papillary carcinoma, a type of thyroid cancer. Preoperative…
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