Carver v. El-Sabawi

107 P.3d 1283 (2005)

Jerry D. CARVER, Appellant,

v.

Rashad EL-SABAWI, M.D., Respondent.

No. 41267.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 24, 2005.

Burris, Thomas & Springberg and Laurence B. Springberg, Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Mandelbaum Gentile and Kim Irene Mandelbaum, Las Vegas, for Respondent.

Before ROSE, GIBBONS and HARDESTY, JJ.

OPINION

GIBBONS, J.

In this appeal, we consider whether a "mere happening instruction" and a res ipsa loquitur instruction, given to the jury in a medical malpractice case, were so conflicting that absent additional evidence, the judgment on the jury verdict should be reversed…