Holmes v. Gamble

SMITH, Judge.

In this medical malpractice action, plaintiff appeals the judgments entered on directed verdicts in favor of both defendants. We affirm.

Plaintiff, an excavation contractor in Vail, Colorado, injured his knee while installing sewer pipe in a ditch when the ditch caved in, burying plaintiff up to his waist. Rescuers extricated plaintiff from the ditch and transported him to the Vail clinic where it was determined that his knee required immediate surgery. The doctor at the Vail Clinic referred the plaintiff to defendant, William E. Gamble, an orthopedic surgeon in Denver, who…