Legal Opinion
Watts v. Lynn
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided April 7, 1994No. 19935PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TROUT, Justice.
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BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS
This is a medical malpractice case. In July of 1986, Sandra Watts (Watts) sued her Wallace, Idaho dentist, Dr. James A. Lynn (Lynn), after she suffered medical problems allegedly caused by Lynn’s negligence during a root canal procedure performed on or about April 12, 1984. In particular, Watts claimed that Lynn should not have used a tooth filler called “Sargenti Paste.”
In her original complaint, Watts also named “Sargenti Corporation” as the manufacturer of Sargenti Paste. In actuality, no such corporation exists and Watts had only used the…
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- Strode v. LenziIdaho Supreme Court · 1989
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