Legal Opinion
Crouch v. Most
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided October 2, 1967No. 8191PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHAVEZ, Chief Justice.
Plaintiff-appellant Charles Crouch filed a complaint alleging that defendant-appellee John A. Most, as a physician, negligently treated appellant for a snakebite, resulting in the amputation of the index and middle fingers of appellant’s left hand. The jury returned a verdict for appellee and appellant appeals.
On August 11, 1963, appellant, an amateur snake handler, received a rattlesnake bite on the index and middle fingers of his left hand while working at a reptile garden some fifteen or twenty miles from Carlsbad, New Mexico. Suction cups and a tourniquet were…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Salgo v. Leland Stanford Jr. University Board of TrusteesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1957
- Woods v. BrumlopNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1962
- Cervantes v. ForbisNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1964
- Beal v. Southern Union Gas Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1960
- Buchanan v. DowningNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1964
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Hamilton v. HardyColorado Court of Appeals · 1976
- Hines v. St. Joseph's HospitalNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1974
- Smith v. KlebanoffNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1972
- Thompson v. CarterMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- Holt v. NelsonCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1974
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