Legal Opinion

Apodaca v. Ommen

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided March 18, 1991No. 90-137PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOLDEN, Justice.

Appellant, Vincent Apodaca, appeals from orders of the district court which dismissed his complaint of medical malpractice against appellees, Archie Kirsch, M.D., a contract physician for the Wyoming State Penitentiary, and Janet Ommen, R.N., a prison employee who serves as director of the penitentiary’s medical services department and who provides medical care to prisoners on a day-to-day basis.

We will affirm the district court’s orders dismissing the complaint for failure to state claims upon which relief can be granted. However, because the complaint was not dismissed with…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Hughes v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. David R. Ferranti v. John J. MoranCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
  4. Carl C. Coppinger v. Gene Townsend, M.D., and Wayne K. PattersonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
  5. McClellan v. TottenhoffWyoming Supreme Court · 1983

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3Cited by17 opinions

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  3. Hodgins v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2000
  4. Stone v. StoneWyoming Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Garnett v. CoyleWyoming Supreme Court · 2001

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