Legal Opinion
Wagner v. Monteilh
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided June 5, 1986No. 6326-7-IIIPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreen, C.J.
Harold Wagner worked as a line mechanic or millwright at a potato processing plant. On October 20, 1981, his left hand was caught and crushed in a conveyor belt he was repairing. He was treated by Drs. Alfred Mon-teilh and Louis W. Field. Notwithstanding that treatment, his hand was amputated by a Seattle surgeon on October 26, 1981.
Mr. and Mrs. Wagner brought this action against Drs. Monteilh and Field, claiming the doctors' treatment of the hand was negligent. At trial, they presented evidence that but for that negligence, the amputation would never have occurred and Mr. Wagner's hand would…
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