Richison v. Nunn
Washington Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtRosellini, J.
-This is a medical malpractice action. The complaint alleged that the defendant doctor (who will be referred to as the defendant) had negligently sewed a nerve into soft tissue adjacent to the surgical incision which he made for a hernia operation performed upon the plaintiff wife (who will be referred to as the plaintiff) in June, *41952; that he negligently failed to discover that he had so sewed a nerve into soft tissue; that he did not possess and use, in the performance of the hernia surgery, the knowledge and care ordinarily and customarily possessed and used by surgeons in Vancouver and…
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